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PRAENOMEN (praenomina)

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does praenomen mean? 

PRAENOMEN (noun)
  The noun PRAENOMEN has 1 sense:

1. the first name of a citizen of ancient Romeplay

  Familiarity information: PRAENOMEN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PRAENOMEN (noun)


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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