Julius Caesar's praenomen was Gaius.
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Praenomen
Synonyms for "praenomen" (2 found)
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Ancient Greek
1 entries- προωνύμιον noun (ancient Roman first name)
Catalan
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German
1 entries- Pränomen noun (ancient Roman first name)
Greek
1 entries- προωνύμιο noun (ancient Roman first name)
Latin
1 entries- praenōmen noun (ancient Roman first name)
Marathi
1 entries- प्राएनोमेन noun (ancient Roman first name)
Spanish
1 entries- prenombre noun (ancient Roman first name)
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The Romans evolved a quite different system of nomenclature, which in its classical form consisted of three names, the praenomen (e.g. Marcus), nomen (e.g. Tullius), and cognomen (e.g. Cicero), and two other designations (the name of the father and of the tribe): […]
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Tutankhamun's praenomen or throne name was Nebkheperrure, "Lord of the forms of Ra".
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The old explanation was that the Greeks applied the name [λαβύρινθος (labúrinthos)] to it [the Temple of Hawara] because the prenomen or "throne-name" of its builder, Amenemhat III., would have been pronounced *Nemarîᵉ, and, by a usual interchange of n with l, transliterated into Greek as Labaris or Lamaris.
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