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nōmĭnālis

of nouns

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What it meant

1. nominalis — de Vaan

nominalis 'of nouns' (Varro), nominatim 'by name, specifically' (P1.+), n6minatusy -Us 'noun' (Varro), nominaffvus 'nominative* (Varro+); cognomen 'surname, sobriquet' (P1.+), cognomentum 'surname, cognomen' (PL+), cognominis [adj.] 'having the same name' (P1.+), cogndminare *to give a (sur)name' (Vanxtf-), — [de Vaan, s.v. nominalis, p. 426]

2. nōmĭnālis — Lewis & Short

nōmĭnālis, e, adj.nomen,

I of or belonging to a name, nominal (ante- and postclass.): gentilitas, Varr. L. L. 8, § 4 Müll.—

II Subst.: nōmĭnālĭa, ĭum, n., the day on which a child received its name, the name-day, Tert. Idol. 16.—Hence, adv.: nōmĭnālĭter, by name, expressly: annuere, Arn. 2, 80.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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