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PRAENOMEN (praenomina)
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Irregular inflected form: praenomina
Dictionary entry overview: What does praenomen mean?
• PRAENOMEN (noun)
The noun PRAENOMEN has 1 sense:
1. the first name of a citizen of ancient Rome
Familiarity information: PRAENOMEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first name of a citizen of ancient Rome
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("praenomen" is a kind of...):
first name; forename; given name (the name that precedes the surname)
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