praenomen

n. [古罗马]第一个名字

词形变化

praenomens 复数 praenomens praenomina praenomina 复数

别名

prænomen prenomen

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An Ancient Roman given name.

    历史

    Julius Caesar's praenomen was Gaius.

  2. 2.

    The throne name of a pharaoh, the fourth of the five names of the royal titulary, traditionally encircled by a cartouche and preceded by the title nswt-bjtj.

    历史

    Tutankhamun's praenomen or throne name was Nebkheperrure, "Lord of the forms of Ra".

  3. 3.

    The genus name in a binomial scientific name.

    生物 动物学

    In the name Tyrannosaurus rex, "Tyrannosaurus" is the praenomen.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

first name forename given name

词源

From Latin praenōmen, from prae- (“pre-: before”) + nōmen (“name, family name”).

来源：wiktionary