Plural of nomen

irregular plural

The plural of nomen is nomina or nomens.

Forms of nomen

Greeks and other provincials who gained Roman citizenship kept their Greek names as cognomens, to which they added Roman nomens and praenomens—usually those of the ones to whom they owed their citizenship.1990, Richard N. Longenecker, Galatians (Word Biblical Commentary; 41), Zondervan, →ISBN, page 2
The following is a list of the prenomens and nomens of Egyptian kings which are of common occurrence, with transliterations into Roman letters.1906, E[rnest] A[lfred] Wallis Budge, Cook’s Handbook for Egypt and the Sûdân, 2nd edition, London: Tho[ma]s Cook & Son, […]; Simpkin...
Hemihomonyms (same nomina which are used for taxa from different nomenclature jurisdictions) are an overlooked but genuine nuisance in biological nomenclature.2013, Alexey Shipunov, “The problem of hemihomonyms and the on-line hemihomonyms database (HHDB)”, in Bionomina. From the entry hemihomonym

noun The family name of an Ancient Roman, designating their gens.
noun 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 zꜣ-rꜥ.
noun A taxonomic name.

What is the plural of nomen?: The plural of nomen is nomina or nomens.
Which is correct, nomina or nomens?: Both are used. nomina is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is nomen countable?: Nomen is a countable noun.

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