praenomen
Meanings
noun
- An Ancient Roman given name.
- 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.
- The genus name in a binomial scientific name.
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Etymology
From Latin praenōmen, from prae- (“pre-: before”) + nōmen (“name, family name”).
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