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nomina gentilicia

UK/ˈnɒmɪnə d͡ʒɛntaɪˈlɪsɪə/

nomina gentilicia is the plural of nomen gentilicium.

Meaning of nomen gentilicium

Noun

nomen gentilicium (plural nomina gentilicia)

  1. The name designating a Roman citizen as a member of a particular gens; a gentile name.

Origin of nomina gentilicia

Latin: nōmina (“names”, nominative plural form of nōmen, “name”) + gentīlicia (nominative neuter plural form of gentīlicius, “belonging to a particular Roman gens”) = “names of those belonging to a particular gens or gentes”

Questions about nomina gentilicia

What is nomina gentilicia the plural of?
Nomina gentilicia is the plural of nomen gentilicium.
How do you pronounce nomina gentilicia?
Nomina gentilicia is pronounced /ˈnɒmɪnə d͡ʒɛntaɪˈlɪsɪə/ (UK).

Words near nomina gentilicia in the dictionary

  1. nomina ambigua
  2. nomina appellativa
  3. nomina concreta
  4. nomina confusa
  5. nomina deminutiva
  6. nomina gentilicia
  7. nomina illegitima
  8. nomina instrumenti
  9. nomina loci
  10. nomina locorum
  11. nomina periculosa

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nomina gentilicia (page history and authors); nomen gentilicium (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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