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204 The praenōmen was the first name of a Roman (answering to our Christian name) as distinguished from his second name, nōmen, which showed his gēns, and his third name, cōgnōmen, which showed the branch or family of the gēns to which he belonged.

A. U. C. Annō urbis condĭtae Cos. Cōnsul, Cōnsule or Cōnsulēs, Cōnsulibus D. D. Dōnō dēdit F. Fllius HS. (better IIS.) Sēstertius,-a Imp. Impĕrātor N. Nĕpōs N. L. Nōn liquet P.C. Patres cōnscrīptī Praetor or Praetōrēs Prō cōnsule Prō praetōre Prō quaestōre Q. Quaestor S. Sălūtem S. C. Senātūs cōnsultum S. D. Sălūtem dīcit S.P.D. Sălūtem plūrĭmam dīcit S. P. Q. R. Senātūs Populusque Rōmānus S.V. B.E. E^V. Sī vălēs, bĕne est, ĕgo văleo V. R. Utī rŏgās

-ū.—In its form, the Supine in -ūmay be either an Ablative or a contracted Dative (§ 277) ; and a form in -uī is occasionally found, as pōtuī iūcundum pleasant for drinking [Dat. of the Use Served, § 141 (1)]. Compare also facilis concoctiōnī and facilis concoctū, both meaning easily digestible. But in most instances it is an Ablative ; so with dignus as dictū dīgnum worth telling, and with other Adjectives of the Thing Concerned (§ 151) as nōn tam rē quam dictū mīrābile not so wonderful in the fact as in the telling.