The name AELI was Hadrian's nomen, his main family name, the gens Aelia. |
A freed slave generally assumed his former master's praenomen and nomen. |
In the past the name has been regarded as a nomen nudum but there is some reason for regarding it as having nomenclatural status. |
He therefore changed his praenomen to that of his adoptive father, and put his former nomen among his cognomina. |
Consequently, Osteocephalus Fitzinger, 1843, is a nomen nudum. |
We do not agree with Bangs that pennsylvanicus is a nomen nudum for the following reasons. |