praenomen

== English == === Alternative forms === prænomen, prenomen === Etymology === From Latin praenōmen, from prae- (“pre-: before”) + nōmen (“name, family name”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹiːˈnəʊ.mən/ (General American) IPA(key): /pɹiˈnoʊ.mən/ Rhymes: -əʊmən === Noun === praenomen (plural praenomens or praenomina) (historical) An Ancient Roman given name. (historical) The throne name of a pharaoh, the fourth of the five names of the royal titulary, traditionally encircled by a cartouche and preceded by the title nswt-bjtj. (zoology) The genus name in a binomial scientific name. ==== Hypernyms ==== (Roman personal name): See given name ==== Coordinate terms ==== (Roman personal name): nomen (family name), cognomen (epithet or clan name), agnomen (epithet) (Pharaonic name): serekh name, Two Ladies name, gold name, nomen (given name) ==== Related terms ==== praenominal ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From prae- (“fore-”) + nōmen (“name”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [prae̯ˈnoː.mɛn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [preˈnɔː.men] === Noun === praenōmen n (genitive praenōminis); third declension praenomen: An ancient Roman first name. ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem). ==== Related terms ==== agnōmen nōmen cognōmen === References === “praenomen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “praenomen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “praenomen”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “praenomen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “praenomen”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin