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nomen appellativum

nomen appellativum noun: a common noun.

Noun

nomen appellativum (plural nomina appellativa)

  1. (rare) A common noun.
    • But a name which belongs to several things of one kind is called a common name (nomen appellativum); as flumen, flood; rex, king; homo, man.1825, George Walker (translator, editor), I. J. G. Scheller (German author), A copious Latin grammar. Translated from the German, with alterations, notes and additions. In two volumes. Vol. I....
    • Not only because 'omnipotence' as a single property is found in the creed, but because 'omnipotence' as a single property is found in the creed, but because it is more appropriate and revealing perhaps than 'absolute causality' (Schleiermacher) or 'infinity' (Pannenberg appealing to Gregory of...2002, Oswald Bayer, “Hermeneutical Theology. In: Petr Pokorný”, in Jan Roskovec, editor, Philosophical Hermeneutics and Biblical Exegesis: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 153...

Forms of nomen appellativum

pluralnomina appellativa

Questions about nomen appellativum

What does nomen appellativum mean?
Nomen appellativum means a common noun.
What part of speech is nomen appellativum?
Nomen appellativum is a noun.
What is the plural of nomen appellativum?
The plural of nomen appellativum is nomina appellativa.

Words near nomen appellativum in the dictionary

  1. nomen abstractum
  2. nomen acti
  3. nomen actionis
  4. nomen agentis
  5. nomen ambiguum
  6. nomen appellativum
  7. nomen concretum
  8. nomen confusum
  9. nomen correctum
  10. nomen deminutivum
  11. nomen gentilicium

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