Roman Names

Cards (25)

  • nomen : middle name (marked gens)
  • cognomen : third name (marked family; often physical traits)
  • praenomen : first name (personal name)
  • dies lustricus : eighth/ninth day after the birth of a girl/boy
  • manius : born in the morning
  • agnomen : additional name received for performing a great deed
  • libertus : signified being a freedman (inserted in formal documents)
  • app --> appius
  • a --> aulus
  • d --> decimus
  • c --> gaius
  • cn --> gnaeus
  • k --> kaeso
  • l --> lucius
  • m' --> manius
  • m --> marcus
  • p --> publius
  • q --> quintus
  • ser --> servius
  • sex --> sextus
  • sp --> spurius
  • ti --> tiberius
  • t --> titus
  • mam --> mamercus (only used by gens aemilia)
  • n --> numcrius