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tria nomina

tria nomina noun: the three names borne by free male Roman citizens, consisting of the praenomen, nomen, and cognomen.

Noun

tria nomina pl (plural only)

  1. (Ancient-Rome, plural, plural-only) The three names borne by free male Roman citizens, consisting of the praenomen, nomen, and cognomen.

Origin of tria nomina

Learned borrowing from Latin tria nōmina, from tria (neuter of trēs (“three”)) + nōmina (plural of nōmen (“name”)), literally “three names”.

Questions about tria nomina

What does tria nomina mean?
Tria nomina means the three names borne by free male Roman citizens, consisting of the praenomen, nomen, and cognomen.
What part of speech is tria nomina?
Tria nomina is a noun.

Words near tria nomina in the dictionary

  1. tri-unity
  2. tri-v
  3. tri-vid
  4. tri-vids
  5. Tri-Villages
  6. tria nomina
  7. tria-taxis
  8. triabin
  9. triable
  10. triableness
  11. triabodies

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