praenomen

noun /pɹiːˈnəʊ.mən/

1. A first name or given name; particularly the first of the tria nomina (three nouns) borne by free male Roman citizens.

   Julius Caesar's praenomen was Gaius.

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.

   historical

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

3. The genus name in a binomial scientific name.

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

Where it comes from

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

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry praenomen (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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