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praenomina

praenomina is the plural of praenomen.

Meaning of praenomen

Noun

praenomen (plural praenomens or praenomina)

  1. (Ancient-Rome) A first name or given name; particularly the first of the tria nomina (three nouns) borne by free male Roman citizens.
    • 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. The genus name in a binomial scientific name.
    • In the name Tyrannosaurus rex, "Tyrannosaurus" is the praenomen.

Questions about praenomina

What is praenomina the plural of?
Praenomina is the plural of praenomen.

Words near praenomina in the dictionary

  1. Praenestinian
  2. Praenestinians
  3. praeneural
  4. praenomen
  5. praenomens
  6. praenomina
  7. praenominal
  8. praenuculid
  9. praenuculids
  10. praeocular
  11. praeopercula

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Adapted from Wiktionary: praenomina (page history and authors); praenomen (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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