nomenn.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊmɛn/,

/ˈnəʊmən/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊm(ə)n/

Inflections: Plural nomina.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nōmen.

Etymology: < classical Latin nōmen name n. In sense 3 after nomen conservandum n., nomen dubium n., nomen novum n., nomen nudum n., nomen oblitum n.

1. Roman History. The second personal name of a citizen of ancient Rome, indicating the gens or clan to which he or she belonged. Cf. praenomen n. 1, cognomen n. 1.

ΚΠ

1605 W. Camden Remaines 89 Svrnames..were vsed in no nation antiently but among the Romans,..which called them Nomina, and Nomina Gentilitia, as the former were called Prænomina.]

a1680 S. Butler Satires & Misc. Poetry & Prose (1928) App. 407 Count it Art, to understand the Nomen Cneus, or Gaius, of an antique Roman.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Prænomen, among the Romans, that which was put before the Nomen, or General Name, and signify'd as much as our Proper Name.

1778 Encycl. Brit. I. 241/1 In Marcus Tullius Cicero, Marcus is the prænomen, Tullius the nomen, and Cicero the agnomen.

1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. 421 It need not be said, that in old times men were designated by their prænomen, rather than by their nomen, or cognomen.

1894 H. Nettleship & J. E. Sandys Seyffert's Dict. Classical Antiq. (ed. 3) 412/1 It was the original custom for the adopted son, on passing from one gens to another, to add to the prænomen, nomen, and cognomen of his adoptive father the name of his own former gens.

1969 L. G. Pine Story of Titles ii. 18 Normally a Roman had three names; the praenomen, corresponding to our ‘forename’..; then came the nomen, or clan or race name.

1985 Smithsonian Apr. 76/2 Most Roman citizens had five names, starting with a praenomen and a nomen.

†2. gen. A name; a designation. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1638 T. Heywood Wise-woman of Hogsdon ii. i Sit faustum tibi omen. Ile tell you my Nomen.]

1717 E. Ward Coll. Hist. & State Poems 8 O'th' College, from whose Nose of Brass, The House derives its Nomen.

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham (ed. 2) II. ii. 11 I..washed them down with a bottle of the worst liquor ever dignified with the venerabile nomen of claret.

a1842 W. Maginn Lord Byron's Combolio in Misc. Writings (1855) II. 162 With many an ill-omen, 'Neath no publisher's nomen..Sneak'd forth, of ‘Don Juan’ Canto first, Canto second.

3. Taxonomy. A Latin name or binomial.

ΚΠ

1971 Nature 23 Apr. 489/2 Although this taxon is now sunk, a widely accepted nomen has not replaced it.

1997 Nature 1 May 35/3 More than 20 index citations under Homo are to species nomina, among them sapiens.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nomen
释义	nomenn. Brit. /ˈnəʊmɛn/, /ˈnəʊmən/, U.S. /ˈnoʊm(ə)n/ Inflections: Plural nomina. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nōmen. Etymology: < classical Latin nōmen name n. In sense 3 after nomen conservandum n., nomen dubium n., nomen novum n., nomen nudum n., nomen oblitum n. 1. Roman History. The second personal name of a citizen of ancient Rome, indicating the gens or clan to which he or she belonged. Cf. praenomen n. 1, cognomen n. 1. ΚΠ 1605 W. Camden Remaines 89 Svrnames..were vsed in no nation antiently but among the Romans,..which called them Nomina, and Nomina Gentilitia, as the former were called Prænomina.] a1680 S. Butler Satires & Misc. Poetry & Prose (1928) App. 407 Count it Art, to understand the Nomen Cneus, or Gaius, of an antique Roman. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Prænomen, among the Romans, that which was put before the Nomen, or General Name, and signify'd as much as our Proper Name. 1778 Encycl. Brit. I. 241/1 In Marcus Tullius Cicero, Marcus is the prænomen, Tullius the nomen, and Cicero the agnomen. 1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. 421 It need not be said, that in old times men were designated by their prænomen, rather than by their nomen, or cognomen. 1894 H. Nettleship & J. E. Sandys Seyffert's Dict. Classical Antiq. (ed. 3) 412/1 It was the original custom for the adopted son, on passing from one gens to another, to add to the prænomen, nomen, and cognomen of his adoptive father the name of his own former gens. 1969 L. G. Pine Story of Titles ii. 18 Normally a Roman had three names; the praenomen, corresponding to our ‘forename’..; then came the nomen, or clan or race name. 1985 Smithsonian Apr. 76/2 Most Roman citizens had five names, starting with a praenomen and a nomen. †2. gen. A name; a designation. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1638 T. Heywood Wise-woman of Hogsdon ii. i Sit faustum tibi omen. Ile tell you my Nomen.] 1717 E. Ward Coll. Hist. & State Poems 8 O'th' College, from whose Nose of Brass, The House derives its Nomen. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham (ed. 2) II. ii. 11 I..washed them down with a bottle of the worst liquor ever dignified with the venerabile nomen of claret. a1842 W. Maginn Lord Byron's Combolio in Misc. Writings (1855) II. 162 With many an ill-omen, 'Neath no publisher's nomen..Sneak'd forth, of ‘Don Juan’ Canto first, Canto second. 3. Taxonomy. A Latin name or binomial. ΚΠ 1971 Nature 23 Apr. 489/2 Although this taxon is now sunk, a widely accepted nomen has not replaced it. 1997 Nature 1 May 35/3 More than 20 index citations under Homo are to species nomina, among them sapiens. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1680
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