praenomen

praenomen
/priynowman/ Forename, or first name. The first of the three names by which the Romans were commonly distinguished. It marked the individual, and was commonly written with one letter; as "A." for "Aulus;" "C." for "Caius," etc

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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  • Praenomen — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El praenomen de los romanos correspondia al nombre de pila en la actualidad, siendo el único nombre en que los padres tenían elección. Por regla general, sólo la familia inmediata llamaba a una persona por su… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Praenomen — Pr[ae]*no men, n.; pl. {Pr[ae]nomina}. [L., fr. prae before + nomen name.] (Rom. Antiq.) The first name of a person, by which individuals of the same family were distinguished, answering to our Christian name, as Caius, Lucius, Marcus, etc. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Praenōmen — (lat.), Vorname …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Praenōmen — (lat.), Vorname, s. Name; vgl. Gens …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Praenomen — Praenomen, lat., der Vorname …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • praenomen — index call (title) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Praenomen —   das, s/...mina, im lateinischen Namenssystem der an erster Stelle, vor dem Gentilnamen und dem Cognomen stehende Name, z. B. »Marcus« bei Marcus Tullius Cicero …   Universal-Lexikon

  • praenomen — [prē nō′mən] n. pl. praenomens or praenomina [prēnäm′i nə] [L: see PRE & NAME] the first or personal name of an ancient Roman, preceding the nomen and cognomen (Ex.: Marcus Tullius Cicero) praenominal [prēnäm′i nəl] adj …   English World dictionary

  • Praenomen — See Praenomen (Ancient Egypt) for the pharaonic throne name. In Roman naming conventions, the praenomen (literally forename , plural praenomina ) was the only name in which parents had some choice, roughly equivalent to the given name of today.… …   Wikipedia

  • Praenomen — Der im alten Rom verwendete Vorname (lateinisch praenomen) war das erste Glied der tria nomina männlicher römischer Bürger. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Männliche Vornamen 2 Weiblicher Name 3 Literatur 4 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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