Pactumeia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
probably Pacidius. The most illustrious family of the Pactumeii used the cognomina Clemens, Fronto, and Magnus, of which Clemens, meaning "gentle" or "mild"...
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Ragonia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
frequently of Oscan ancestry. Such names were originally formed from cognomina ending in -o, but once they became common, -onius came to be regarded...
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Ancharia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
associated with the Ancharii include Quintus, Publius, and Marcus. The cognomina used by the Ancharii included Priscus, a common surname meaning "elder"...
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Mussidia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
using the suffix -idius. Most of these names were originally derived from cognomina ending in -idus, but such names were so numerous that -idius must have...
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Memmia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
Galeria and the Menenia. They did nevertheless use a number of personal cognomina, including Quirinus, thought to have been the name of a Sabine god, who...
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Aurelia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
main stirpes of the Aurelii in republican times, distinguished by the cognomina Cotta (also spelled Cota), Orestes, and Scaurus. Cotta and Scaurus appear...
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Aemilia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
Rome, this name, and its diminutive, Mamercinus, were known primarily as cognomina of the Aemilii and the Pinarii, although the Aemilii continued to use...
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Sabucia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
Sabucii were of Etruscan origin. The Sabucii used a variety of personal cognomina. The only family surname known from inscriptions is Major, typically given...
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Raecia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
bull, Gallus, a cockerel, and Leo, a lion, belong to a common type of cognomina derived from the names of familiar objects and animals. Rufus, red, was...
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Seria gens (section Branches and cognomina)
Paul von Rohden, Elimar Klebs, & Hermann Dessau, Prosopographia Imperii Romani (The Prosopography of the Roman Empire, abbreviated PIR), Berlin (1898)...
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Tarquitia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
The other Tarquitii of the Republic bore no surname, but a variety of cognomina are found in imperial times, including Priscus, old or elder, and Catulus...
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Septimia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
and Geta, referring to one of the Getae, a Thracian people. All three cognomina were associated with the imperial family. They were of equestrian rank...
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Tullia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
surnames Decula and Cicero. The latter, among the most famous of Roman cognomina, belongs to a common class of surnames derived from familiar objects....
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inscriptions. The nomen Turullius belongs to a class of gentilicia formed from cognomina with diminutive suffixes, such as -ulus, -illus, or -ellus. Nomina ending...
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Scribonia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
nomen Scribonius belongs to a large class of gentilicia derived from cognomina ending in -o, most of which were of plebeian origin. The root of the name...
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Flavia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
from the Flavia gens; and indeed, the distinction between nomina and cognomina was all but lost, so that in many cases one cannot even determine with...
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Acerronia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
class of surnames, largely of plebeian origin, typically formed from cognomina ending in -o. Chase does not list the name among the gentilicia of this...
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Tremellia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
although a few bore other names, including Gaius and Lucius. The only cognomina borne by any of the Tremellii mentioned in history are Scrofa and Flaccus...
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Velia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
have been given to an ancestor of the Velii who had red hair. The other cognomina borne by the Velii appear to have been personal surnames, including Celer...
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Arruntia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
Paul von Rohden, Elimar Klebs, & Hermann Dessau, Prosopographia Imperii Romani (The Prosopography of the Roman Empire, abbreviated PIR), Berlin (1898)...
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Pasidiena gens (section Branches and cognomina)
instances. The suffix -idius was originally used to form gentilicia from cognomina ending in -idus; but as with other gentile-forming suffixes, -idius was...
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Papiria gens (section Branches and cognomina)
stirpes, distinguished by their surnames. Cicero lists the patrician cognomina of the Papirii as Crassus, Cursor, Maso, and Mugillanus, while the plebeian...
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Tineia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
those who had red hair. Several members of this family bore additional cognomina, including Sacerdos, a priest, and Clemens, pleasant or gentle. Surnames...
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Numitoria gens (section Branches and cognomina)
Paul von Rohden, Elimar Klebs, & Hermann Dessau, Prosopographia Imperii Romani (The Prosopography of the Roman Empire, abbreviated PIR), Berlin (1898)...
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Fabia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
been a corruption in the manuscript, which originally read Numerius. The cognomina of the Fabii under the Republic were Ambustus, Buteo, Dorso or Dorsuo...
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in a family to share the same praenomen, and be distinguished by their cognomina. This is especially probable if the Septueii only acquired Roman citizenship...
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Publicia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
or stirpes, of the Publicii under the Republic, distinguished by the cognomina Malleolus and Bibulus. The surname Malleolus is a diminutive of malleus...
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Silia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
designating someone with an upturned nose. It was one of a large class of cognomina derived from the physical characteristics of an individual. Chase classifies...
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Pompeia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
decades of the Republic and under the early Empire, mainly used personal cognomina, such as Strabo, Magnus, Pius, and Faustulus. Strabo, referring to someone...
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Ovidia gens (section Branches and cognomina)
Paul von Rohden, Elimar Klebs, & Hermann Dessau, Prosopographia Imperii Romani (The Prosopography of the Roman Empire, abbreviated PIR), Berlin (1898)...
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