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nōmen inis, n

GNA-, a means of knowing, name, appellation : qui haec rebus nomina posuerunt: ludi, Pythia perdomitae serpentis nomine dicti, O.: eique morbo nomen est avaritia: canibus pigris . . . Nomen erit pardus, tigris, leo, Iu.: puero ab inopiā nomen Egerio est inditum, L.: Aeneadasque meo nomen de nomine fingo, V.: Nomine quemque vocans, by name , V.: nomina dare, enlist , L.: ab re nomen habet (terra), is named for , L.: turris quae nomen ab insulā accepit (i. e. nominatur), Cs.: qui litteras exitialīs Demetrio sub nomine Flaminini adtulerant, in the name of , L.: me imperatoris nomine appellare, hail me imperator , Cs.: infaustum interluit Allia nomen, V.: Et diversa trahunt unum duo nomina pectus, i. e. mother and sister , O.A gentile name (the middle name of a Roman freeman): apud illos Fabrorum nomen est amplissimum; cf. tamquam habeas tria nomina, i. e. as if you were a Roman , Iu.—In law: nomen alicuius deferre, to bring an accusation against, accuse : nomen huius de parricidio deferre: nomen recipere, to entertain an accusation : si quis Sthenium reum facere vellet, sese eius nomen recepturum.—Meton., a bond, note, demand, claim, debt . tibi certis nominibus pecuniam debere, on good bonds : falsum perscribere nomen?: nomina sua exigere, collect one's debts : in socios nomina transcribere, substitute the names of socii as debtors , L.: Qui venit ad dubium grandi cum codice nomen, to sue for a doubtful debt , Iu.: nomina se facturum, quā ego vellem die, create a written obligation by a bookentry.—A debtor : hoc sum adsecutus, ut bonum nomen existimer, i. e. a good payer .—With a gentile adj., a dominion, nation, power, army : gens infestissuma nomini Romano, S.: concitatis sociis et nomine Latino: Volscum nomen prope deletum est, L.—Poet., of one person: Silvius, Albanum nomen, tua proles, V.—Fig., name, fame, repute, reputation, renown : huius maius nomen fuit: magnum in oratoribus nomen habere: qui nomini officient meo, L.: Multi Lydia nominis, H.: sine nomine plebs, inglorious , V.—Poet., of things: Nec Baccho genus aut pomis sua nomina servat, V.A title, pretext, pretence, color, excuse, account, sake, reason, authority, behalf : alio nomine abstulisse: legis agrariae simultatione atque nomine: haec a te peto amicitiae nostrae nomine: eo nomine, on that account : Quocumque nomine, for whatsoever purpose , H.: tuo nomine gratulabantur, on your account : Antonio tuo nomine gratias egi, on your behalf : quem tibi suo nomine commendo, for his own sake : aetatis nominefiliadixit, on account of , O.: acceptā ex aerario pecuniā tuo nomine, on your responsibility : aes alienum meis nominibus solvere, contracted by me , S.A name (opp. to reality): me nomen habere duarum legionum exilium (opp. exercitum habere tantum): magis nomen ad praesidium quam vires adferre, L.: sunt nomina ducum, L.: Nomen amicitia est, nomen inane fides, O.

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