nomen
Noun
Meaning
of Nim
p. p. of Nim.
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And also an oþer maner meued him eke, Þat he þurȝ nobelay had nomen he wolde neuer ete Upon such a dere day er hym deuised were Of sum auenturus þyng an vncouþe tale Of sum mayn meruayle þat he myȝt trawe Of of alderes of armes of oþer auenturus.
Nomen est omen.
A gens, which may be translated as "race", "family", or "clan", constituted an extended Roman family, all of whom shared the same nomen, and claimed descent from a common ancestor.
An emperor might emancipate or enfranchise large groups of people at once, all of whom would automatically receive the emperor's praenomen and nomen.
But as Roman institutions vanished, and the distinction between nomen and cognomen ceased to have any practical importance, so the complex system of cognomina that developed under the later empire faded away.
Almost all other persons mentioned as part of the traditions surrounding Romulus as the first King of Rome have both praenomen and nomen.