His person more than justified his praenomen, for Mr. Harper Freeman, Jr., was undeniably fat. |
Such a praenomen carries with it suggestions of a rich brogue rather than a nasal drawl. |
The inscription in Caria, formerly supposed to give P. as praenomen, is now shown to have been misread. |
He therefore changed his praenomen to that of his adoptive father, and put his former nomen among his cognomina. |
They seem to give the praenomen Titus to the same man, and a Titus Petronius Niger is attested as consul on Herculaneum tablets. |
Suetonius, Jul. 76, errs in stating that he used the title imperator as a praenomen. |