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Bookmark or Share- Nomen Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of NOMEN is the second of the three usual names of an ancient Roman.
- NOMEN Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.comNomen definition: (in ancient Rome) the second name of a citizen, indicating his gens, as “Gaius Julius Caesar.”. See examples of NOMEN used in a sentence.
- nomen - Wiktionary, the free dictionarynomen (plural nomina or nomens) ( historical) The family name of an Ancient Roman, designating their gens . ( historical) 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 . A taxonomic name.
- Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, nōmenThe nomen distinguished one gens from another, the cognomen one familia from another, and the praenomen one member of the familia from another, Quint. 7, 3, 27.—But sometimes nomen is used in the signif. of praenomen: “ id nomen (sc. Gaja), ” Cic. Mur. 12, 27.—So, too, in the signif. of cognomen: “ Sex. Clodius, cui nomen est Phormio ...
- Nomen - NovaRomaThe nomen was the most important element in the Roman naming system: it was the component of name that was inherited and also indicated the position of the gens in the state, its antiquity and sometimes ist origin. Indeed, the majority of nomina gentilicia come from names of tribes.
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