The name by which the poet designates himself is Propertius simply; the praenomen Sextus rests on the authority of Donatus.
Annaeus Seneca (for the praenomen Marcus, usually given, there is no authority: in the best MSS.
He therefore changed his praenomen to that of his adoptive father, and put his former nomen among his cognomina.
Footnotes to Chapter IV [72] The praenomen 'Gaius' is rendered highly probable by the reading of the editio princeps and by an inscription found in Africa (C.
Albius Tibullus (his praenomen was perhaps Aulus, which, from the abbreviation A.
Roscius was a native of Solonium, a Latin town, his praenomen was Quintus; Aesopus appears to have been a freedman of the Claudia gens.
His praenomen is uncertain; some think it was Publius.
The praenomen was put first, and marked the individual.
Footnote 551: For the distinction between the praenomen and cognomen, see note, p.
It was particularly remarked on this occasion, that all the Caesars, who had the praenomen of Caius, died by the sword, from the Caius Caesar who was slain in the times of Cinna.
For the distinction between the praenomenand cognomen, see note, p.
But as his praenomen was Flavius, it is much more probable that the consul of A.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "praenomen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
