单词 | praenomen |
释义 | praenomenn. 1. A first name, a forename; (Roman History) a person's first or personal name preceding the nomen and cognomen. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > first name first namea1325 forename1534 praenomen1603 pre-name1728 front name1877 1603 A. Hartwell tr. L. Soranzo Ottoman iii. §xxii. 89 One of the Princes of Moldauia, with whom the Turkes has some long warre, was called Bogdano..adding therevnto for his prænomen or forename. c1612 W. Strachey Hist. Trav. Virginia (1953) ii. 158 Adding to her Maiesties Christian Praenomen Virginia, the surname of Britania. 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. 1745 J. Ward in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) (Camden) 370 Whether the C after Imp. in the others was designed for Cæsar or a prænomen, I cannot venture to assert. 1838 T. Arnold Hist. Rome I. 421 (note) It need not be said, that in old times men were designated by their prænomen, rather than by their nomen, or cognomen. 1844 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 7 81/2 With reference to the dates, pre-nomens, and royal standards of the monarchs by whom the pyramids were erected. 1886 Athenæum 4 Sept. 313/1 The names of servants are generally prænomens only, e.g. ‘Alicia seruiente predicti Hugonis’. 1929 L. Homo Rom. Polit. Instit. 266 Tiberius had refused the prænomen of Imperator as a permanent name, although he kept it for his own exclusive use. 1991 Classical Rev. 41 349 I have noticed only two or three small misprints that could cause confusion:..a misplaced macron,..M. Caelius has a wrong praenomen. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > place name > first part of praenomena1661 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Cambr. 153 It being usuall to leave out the Prenomen of a Town for brevity sake, by those of the Vicenage..commonly calling West-chester, Chester, South-hampton, Hampton. 3. Biology. A word forming part of the Latin binomial or the vernacular compound name of an animal or plant, likened to a forename either in position or in its function of specifying a species or variety. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > scientific or technical name > first part of praenomen1843 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. Introd. Lect. 28 Uva ursi is now preceded by the prænomen Arctostaphylos. 1892 Amer. Naturalist 26 385 Names in apposition with generic names and constituting a sort of prenomen as: leo, coret, hebe. 1947 R. Bedichek Adventures with Texas Naturalist xv. 199 There are dozens of plants with the ‘snake’ praenomen; but no folk condemnation of the reptile is apparent. 1962 Systematic Biol. 11 87/2 If the term ‘trivial’ cannot be accepted, then some alternative such as..‘cognomen’ or ‘prenomen’..is in order. 1999 Systematic Biol. 48 760/1 Griffiths..discussed the possibility of keeping the first name as a ‘praenomen’ without any generic implications. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603 |
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