nomen gentile

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈnoː.men ɡenˈtiː.le/, [ˈnoːmɛn ɡɛn̪ˈt̪iːɫ̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.men d͡ʒenˈti.le/, [ˈnɔːmen d͡ʒen̪ˈt̪iːle]

nōmen gentīle n (genitive nōminis gentīlis); third declension

1. (historical) nomen, the family name of an Ancient Roman name, indicating the person's gens
   • 1848, Wilhelm Francke et al., Index scholarum publice et privatim in academia Georgia Augusta per semestre aestivum anni MDCCCXLVIII, habendarum kalendis Majis incipiendarum per dies a IV. usque as IX. Septembris finiendarum, University of Göttingen, page 7:

     Numerio certe adjecto, cujus nominis forma prorsus gentilis est, quo antiquior librarius erat, eo magis mirari debebat eundem hominem duo nomina gentilia habuisse.

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem) with a third-declension adjective.

• nōmen gentīlicium
• nōmen gentīlitium

• praenōmen (given name), cognomen (epithet or clan name), agnomen (epithet)