Vir ī Rōmānī tria nōmina habent.
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Virī Rōmānī tria nōmina habent.
Gaius Iulius Caesar
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Gaius is praenomen
Not many praenomina in use
Often indicated by an abbreviationA. – Aulus M. – Marcus
App. – Appius P. – Publius
C. – Gaius Q. – Quintus
Cn. – Gnaeus Ser. – Servius
D. – Decimus T. – Titus
L. – Lucius Ti. - Tiberius
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praenomen used within family or between close friends
“Gaie, ambulēmus,” dīxit Marcus.
“Fiat, Marce,” dīxit Gaius.
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Iulius is nōmen
Originally name of clan
Familiar names in ancient Rome
Aemilius Iunius
Claudius Pompeius
Cornelius Antonius
Domitius Valerius
Iulius Tullius
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If person had no cognōmen, then would be called by nōmen.
Mihi nōmen est Gnaeus Pompeius. Quaeso, vocāte mē Pompeius.
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Caesar is cognōmen
This is like immediate family name
Often nickname, then handed down as family name
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Various explanations given in antiquity for “Caesar”
e.g. from word for “hairy”
or from word for “cut” – original ancestor born by Caesarian section
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cognōmen most commonly used among friends
Mihi nōmen est Cicero. Quid est nōmen tibi?
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Plutarch tells us that cognōmen, Cicero, meant chickpea. Distant ancestor had cleft in tip of nose
resembling a chickpea
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Women’s names simpler systemfeminine form of name of nomen, clan
thus Iulia, Claudia, Aemilia, Cornelia, Domitia, Pompeia, Antonia
distinguished from other Iulias by father’s cognomen, once married by
husband’s cognomen
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Thus Tullia Ciceronis, daughter of Marcus Tullius Cicero, became
Tullia Dolabellae, wife of Publius Cornelius Dolabella
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If more than one daughter, then Iulia maior or Iulia minor or prīma, secunda, tertia, quarta, quinta, etc.
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Slaves had single name
Freedmen took praenomen and nomen of master
slave name kept as cognomen
Freedwomen took feminine form of master’s nomen, plus slave name
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Marcus Tullius Cicero’s slave Tiro when freed
became Marcus Tullius Tiro
It was Tiro who collected and published Cicero’s works after his
death
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If Dāvus becomes freed by Gaius Cornēlius, what will he
be called?