praenomen

• prænomen
• prenomen

From Latin praenōmen.

praenomen (plural praenomens or praenomina)

1. (historical) An ancient Roman first name.
2. (historical) 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.
3. (zoology) The genus name put before the species name.

• cognomen
• nomen
• praenominal

prae- (“before”) +‎ nōmen (“name”)

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈnoː.men/, [präe̯ˈnoːmɛn]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈno.men/, [preˈnɔːmen]

praenōmen n (genitive praenōminis); third declension

1. praenomen: An ancient Roman first name.

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

• agnōmen
• nōmen
• cognōmen

• “praenomen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “praenomen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praenomen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “praenomen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “praenomen”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin