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Praenomen

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An Ancient Roman given name. historical

    "Julius Caesar's praenomen was Gaius."

  2. 2
    the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome wordnet
  3. 3
    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. historical

    "Tutankhamun's praenomen or throne name was Nebkheperrure, "Lord of the forms of Ra"."

  4. 4
    The genus name in a binomial scientific name.

    "In the name Tyrannosaurus rex, "Tyrannosaurus" is the praenomen."

Etymology

From Latin praenōmen, from prae- (“pre-: before”) + nōmen (“name, family name”).

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