nomen

== English == === Etymology === From Latin nōmen (“name”), a clipping of nōmen gentīle (“family name”). Doublet of name and noun. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈnəʊmən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈnoʊmən/ Rhymes: -əʊmən === Noun === nomen (plural nomina or nomens) (historical) The family name of an Ancient Roman, designating their gens. (historical) The birth name of a pharaoh, the fifth of the five names of the royal titulary, traditionally encircled by a cartouche and preceded by the title zꜣ-rꜥ. A taxonomic name. ==== Hypernyms ==== (Roman name): See surname (Pharaonic name): See given name ==== Coordinate terms ==== (Roman name): praenomen (personal name), cognomen (epithet or clan name), agnomen (epithet) (Pharaonic name): serekh name, Two Ladies name, gold name, praenomen (throne name) ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === Menno, Menon == Asturian == === Verb === nomen third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of nomar == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *nōmn̥, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (“name”). The long ō (and spurious g in compounds) is from false association with gnōscō (“know, recognize”). In the grammatical sense of “noun”, it is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma). Cognate with Hittite 𒆷𒀀𒈠𒀭 (lāman), Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), Tocharian A ñom, Old Irish ainmm, Old Church Slavonic имѧ (imę), Old English nama (English name). Doublet of onoma. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnoː.mɛn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɔː.men] === Noun === nōmen n (genitive nōminis); third declension name (historical) short for nomen gentile, nomen, the family name in a Roman name, indicating the person's gens title (grammar) noun, inclusive of substantives, adjectives, pronouns, articles, and numerals (figuratively) debt, particularly a written bond or item of debt (figuratively, metonymic) people, race (figuratively) fame, renown (figuratively) reputation, good name ==== Usage notes ==== The Old Latin form nominus shows the rare genitive singular ending -us instead of the standard Classical Latin ending -is. This unique ending is poorly attested and largely exclusive to religious or legal documents. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Synonyms ==== onoma (Medieval Latin) ==== Hyponyms ==== grammar: nōmen substantīvum (substantīvum), nōmen adiectīvum (adiectīvum), prōnōmen, articulus, nōmen numerāle ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “nomen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nomen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "nomen", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “nomen”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. “nomen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “nomen”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Middle Dutch == === Verb === nōmen (Flemish) alternative form of noemen == Northern Sami == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Noun === nomen (grammar) nominal ==== Inflection ==== == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Latin nōmen. ==== Noun ==== nomen n (definite singular nomenet, indefinite plural nomen, definite plural nomena) (grammar) noun (i.e. nouns and adjectives) (grammar, newer) noun (i.e. nouns, adjectives, pronouns (and partially also numerals and infinitive forms of verbs)) ===== Related terms ===== nominal === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse numinn, past participle of nema. Compare with Norwegian Bokmål nummen. ==== Adjective ==== nomen (neuter nome or noment, definite singular and plural nomne, comparative nomnare, indefinite superlative nomnast, definite superlative nomnaste) numb Synonyms: doven, kjenslelaus, mauren ===== Related terms ===== næm ===== See also ===== valen (“numb (of frost)”) === References === “nomen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Alternative forms === nāmen === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnoː.men/ === Verb === nōmen plural preterite subjunctive of niman