Ancient Roman nomina

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Roman naming convention element hereditary family name

Ancient Roman nomina were hereditary family names that identified a person's gens (clan) within Roman society, such as the well-known nomen "Julius."

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Ancient Roman nomina canonical	3
Ancient Roman names	1
Latin Aemilius (via Emil)	1
Latin name Antonius (via Anthony/Antonio)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman naming convention element ⓘ hereditary family name ⓘ
associatedWith	Roman citizenship ⓘ
contrastsWith	cognomen ⓘ praenomen ⓘ
derivedFrom	name of the gens ⓘ
example	Aemilius ⓘ Antonius ⓘ Calpurnii Pisones ⓘ surface form: Calpurnius Cassius ⓘ Claudius ⓘ Cornelius ⓘ Domitius ⓘ Fabianus ⓘ Fabius ⓘ Flavius ⓘ Julius ⓘ Licinius ⓘ Livy ⓘ surface form: Livius Manlius ⓘ Marcius ⓘ Gaius Plautius Venox ⓘ surface form: Plautius Pompey the Great ⓘ surface form: Pompeius Sergius ⓘ Tullius ⓘ Valerius ⓘ
hasFunction	distinguish families within Roman society ⓘ indicate clan membership ⓘ
hasPlural	nomina ⓘ
identifies	Roman gens ⓘ
influenced	later European naming traditions ⓘ
isHereditary	true ⓘ
linguisticForm	Latin ⓘ
partOf	Roman tria nomina system ⓘ
positionInName	middle element of tria nomina ⓘ
recordedIn	Roman inscriptions ⓘ Roman legal documents ⓘ Roman literary texts ⓘ
relatedConcept	Roman onomastics ⓘ gens ⓘ tria nomina ⓘ
standardizedBy	Roman social and legal customs ⓘ
timePeriod	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
transmittedThrough	paternal line ⓘ
usedBy	female Roman citizens ⓘ male Roman citizens ⓘ
usedIn	Roman Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Rome

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Julius → category → Ancient Roman nomina ⓘ

Ahenobarbus → category → Ancient Roman nomina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ancient Roman names

Emilio → etymologicalRoot → Ancient Roman nomina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin Aemilius (via Emil)

Tullius → category → Ancient Roman nomina ⓘ

Tony → etymologicalOrigin → Ancient Roman nomina ⓘ

this entity surface form: Latin name Antonius (via Anthony/Antonio)

Sulpicius → belongsToCategory → Ancient Roman nomina ⓘ