Praenomen

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A first or given name.
  • n. The first name of a citizen of ancient Rome, as Gaius in Gaius Julius Caesar.
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  • n. An ancient Roman first name.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The first name of a person, by which individuals of the same family were distinguished, answering to our Christian name, as Caius, Lucius, Marcus, etc.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Among the ancient Romans, a name prefixed to the family name, answering to the modern Christian or personal name, as Gaius, Lucius, Marcus, etc.
  • n. In zoology, the generic name, or name of the genus to which a species belongs, which invariably precedes the specific or trivial name in the binomial system of nomenclature. Thus, Felis is the prænomen in the term Felis leo, which is the technical name of the lion.
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  • n. the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    first name    forename    given name   
    Variant
    praenomina   
     
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