nomen
/ˈnəʊmən
/noun
The second personal name of a citizen of ancient Rome that indicated the gens to which he or she belonged, e.g. Marcus Tullius Cicero. Compare with cognomen, praenomen, agnomen.Maecenas is his nomen or family name....
- I'm not complaining - I'm just wondering why some Roman names (many of the nomens, a few of the praenomens) have gotten so popular in Western Europe and America, while others have been completely forgotten.
- A freed slave generally assumed his former master's praenomen and nomen.
Origin
Latin, literally 'name'.
Rhymes
- set one's sights on
- set one's teeth
- set on (or upon)
- Seton, St. Elizabeth Ann
- set (or lay or put) store by (or on)
- set (or put) one's hand to
- set (or put) one's seal to (or on)
- set (or rock) someone back on their heels
- setose
- influenza bacillus
- influenzaed
- influenzal
- influenza virus
- influenzoid
- influx
- influx control
- info
- info age
- infobahn
- infobot
- infocentre
- infodemic
- info dump
- infoglut
- infographic