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Help[Opinions] Re: Praenomen, Nomen, and Cognomen
in reply to a message by Wunderkind_Princess
There's something about this in "The Idiot's Guide to Latin"
Men usually had 3 names
The first name was a personal name
the 2nd name was the name of his clan
the 3rd name was used to denote the family within the clan, but may have originally been a nickname.
Girls were named after their fathers. Julia was named after Julius, Lucia after Lucius, Marcia after Marcus etc. Any subsequent daughters were named Julia seconda, Julia terza etc. I don't know if sons had their father's name in their name.
Slaves had one name.
Some suggestions; Marcus, Antonius, Claudius, Lucius, Gaius, Maximus, Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Titus, Hadrian, Cassius, Magnus, Andronicus, Julius, Commodus
As for nomen and cognomen, all I can think of is; Aurelius, Tullius and Cicero
Men usually had 3 names
The first name was a personal name
the 2nd name was the name of his clan
the 3rd name was used to denote the family within the clan, but may have originally been a nickname.
Girls were named after their fathers. Julia was named after Julius, Lucia after Lucius, Marcia after Marcus etc. Any subsequent daughters were named Julia seconda, Julia terza etc. I don't know if sons had their father's name in their name.
Slaves had one name.
Some suggestions; Marcus, Antonius, Claudius, Lucius, Gaius, Maximus, Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Titus, Hadrian, Cassius, Magnus, Andronicus, Julius, Commodus
As for nomen and cognomen, all I can think of is; Aurelius, Tullius and Cicero
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