praenomen

/pree-noh-muhn/US // priˈnoʊ mən //UK // (priːˈnəʊmɛn) //

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n.名词 noun

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plural prae·nom·i·na [pree-nom-uh-nuh, -noh-muh-], /priˈnɒm ə nə, -ˈnoʊ mə-/, prae·no·mens.
- : the first or personal name of a Roman citizen, as “Gaius” in “Gaius Julius Caesar.”

His person more than justified his praenomen, for Mr. Harper Freeman, Jr., was undeniably fat.
Titus is here the first name (praenomen) which was given sons on the ninth day after their birth.
The name of the month in which he was born was changed to Julius, from his praenomen, and we still retain the name.
The name by which the poet designates himself is Propertius simply; the praenomen Sextus rests on the authority of Donatus.
He therefore changed his praenomen to that of his adoptive father, and put his former nomen among his cognomina.