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unusual facts about praenomen


Praenomen

One notable exception occurs in the filiations of liberti, where the abbreviation "C." for Gaia was frequently reversed to indicate the freedman of a woman.


Alimentus

Cincius, an antiquarian writer probably in the time of Augustus, whose praenomen and cognomen are unrecorded but who is sometimes identified erroneously with Lucius Cincius Alimentus

Clan name

Roman clan name, a common element of Latin names, usually the second name following the praenomen and before the cognomen

Domitianus II

An unusual feature here is the absence of any reference to Domitianus’s "Nomen" or "Praenomen".

K

When Greek words were taken into Latin, the Kappa was changed to C, with a few exceptions such as the praenomen 'Kaeso'.

Numerius Negidius

Aulus is a legitimate, if rare, Roman praenomen, and Agerius suggests the Latin verb ago, meaning "to put in motion", as it is the plaintiff who sets a lawsuit in motion.


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