Definitions for praenomen

praenomen prae·no·men

Spelling: [pree-noh-muh n]
IPA: /priˈnoʊ mən/

Praenomen is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 326 anagrams from letters in praenomen (aeemnnopr).

Definitions for praenomen

noun

  1. the first or personal name of a Roman citizen, as “Gaius” in “Gaius Julius Caesar.”.

Origin of praenomen

1655-65; Latin praenōmen, equivalent to prae- prae- + nōmen name

Examples for praenomen

It is impossible to discover even his full name, Gaius or Caius being merely the personal name (praenomen) so common in Rome.

The inscription in Caria, formerly supposed to give P. as praenomen, is now shown to have been misread.

Such a praenomen carries with it suggestions of a rich brogue rather than a nasal drawl.

Suetonius, Jul. 76, errs in stating that he used the title imperator as a praenomen.

Magnus (not Marcus, as it has been sometimes incorrectly printed) is the author's praenomen.

Titus is here the first name (praenomen) which was given sons on the ninth day after their birth.

He therefore changed his praenomen to that of his adoptive father, and put his former nomen among his cognomina.

The name by which the poet designates himself is Propertius simply; the praenomen Sextus rests on the authority of Donatus.

The name of the month in which he was born was changed to Julius, from his praenomen, and we still retain the name.

His person more than justified his praenomen, for Mr. Harper Freeman, Jr., was undeniably fat.

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