different between nomen vs praenomen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin n?men (“name”). Doublet of noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??m?n/

Noun

nomen (plural nomina)

1. (historical) The name of a citizen of Ancient Rome, designating them as a member of a gens.
2. The birth name of a pharaoh, the fifth of the five names of the royal titulary, traditionally encircled by a cartouche and preceded by the title z?-r?.

Anagrams

• Menno, Menon

Asturian

Verb

nomen

1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of nomar

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *nom?n, from Proto-Indo-European *h?nómn? (“name”). The long ? (and spurious g in compounds) is from false association with gn?sc? (“know, recognize”). In the grammatical sense of “noun”, it is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek ????? (ónoma).

Cognate with Hittite ???????????????? (l?man), Ancient Greek ????? (ónoma), Sanskrit ????? (n??man), Tocharian A ñom, Old Irish ainmm, Old Church Slavonic ??? (im?), Old English nama (English name).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?no?.men/, [?no?m?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?no.men/, [?n??m?n]

Noun

n?men n (genitive n?minis); third declension

1. name, appellation
2. in particular, the middle name of a three-part free man's Latin name which distinguished one gens from another
3. title
4. (grammar) noun (i.e. substantive, adjective, pronoun, article or numeral)
5. (figuratively) debt, bond, item of debt
6. (figuratively, metonymically) people, nation's name, race
7. (figuratively) fame, reputation, repute, renown (good name)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Synonyms

• onoma (Medieval Latin)

Hyponyms

• grammar: n?men substant?vum (substant?vum), n?men adiect?vum (adiect?vum), pr?n?men, articulus, n?men numer?le

Derived terms

Related terms

Borrowed terms

• ? English: noun

Descendants

References

• nomen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nomen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nomen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• nomen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• nomen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nomen in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Middle Dutch

Verb

n?men

1. (Flemish) Alternative form of noemen

Northern Sami

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

nomen

1. (grammar) nominal

Inflection

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin n?men.

Noun

nomen n (definite singular nomenet, indefinite plural nomen, definite plural nomena)

1. (grammar) noun (i.e. nouns and adjectives)
2. (grammar, newer) noun (i.e. nouns, adjectives, pronouns (and partially also numerals and infinitive forms of verbs))

Related terms

• nominal

Etymology 2

From Old Norse numinn, past participle of nema. Confer with Norwegian Bokmål nummen.

Adjective

nomen (masculine and feminine nomen, neuter nome or noment, definite singular and plural nomne, comparative nomnare, indefinite superlative nomnast, definite superlative nomnaste)

1. numb

Related terms

• næm

References

• “nomen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Alternative forms

• prænomen
• prenomen

Etymology

From Latin praenomen, from prae- + nomen.

Noun

praenomen (plural praenomens or praenomina)

1. (historical) An ancient Roman first name.
2. (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.
3. (zoology) The genus name put before the species name.

Related terms

• nomen
• cognomen

Translations

Latin

Etymology

prae- (“before”) +? n?men (“name”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prae??no?.men/, [p?äe??no?m?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pre?no.men/, [p???n??m?n]

Noun

praen?men n (genitive praen?minis); third declension

1. An ancient Roman first name.

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Related terms

• agn?men
• n?men
• cogn?men

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