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