praenomen

• prænomen, prenomen

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

praenomen (plural praenomens or praenomina)

1. (historical) An Ancient Roman given name.

   Julius Caesar's praenomen was Gaius.

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.

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

3. (zoology) The genus name in a binomial scientific name.

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

• (Roman personal name): See given name

• (Roman personal name): nomen (family name), cognomen (epithet or clan name), agnomen (epithet)
• (Pharaonic name): serekh name, Two Ladies name, gold name, nomen (given name)

• praenominal

prae- (“before”) +‎ nōmen (“name”)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈnoː.men/, [präe̯ˈnoːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈno.men/, [preˈnɔːmen]

praenōmen n (genitive praenōminis); third declension

1. praenomen: An ancient Roman first name.

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

• agnōmen
• nōmen
• cognōmen

• “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