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ArchivesRe: Use of PRISCA and PRISCILLA prior to the woman in the bible
in reply to a message by Andy ;—)
My googling says that Priscus is originally a cognomen, and cognomina weren't documented until about 100 BCE. Prisca presumably would have appeared at any time a cognomen was passed to a daughter patronymically (I don't know if cognomina were used for women or not).
I'm sure someone else can give you better info, I really know barely anything about the subject - but I was interested, and that's what I came up with.
- chazda
I'm sure someone else can give you better info, I really know barely anything about the subject - but I was interested, and that's what I came up with.
- chazda
This message was edited 9/19/2005, 9:54 PM
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Thanx alot!
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As I understood after googling as well cognomina were not used by *normal* people until around 100 BCE.
Here is a list of Roman senators that show the first senator with the cognomen Priscus already in the 5th century BC:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republican_Roman_Consuls
And here is an interesting article about Roman naming practices that says essentially the same regarding the first occurence of Priscus:
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/roman/index.html
But regarding the point in time when the female form of the cognomen was first used as a given name: No luck...
Rene www.AboutNames.ch
Here is a list of Roman senators that show the first senator with the cognomen Priscus already in the 5th century BC:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Republican_Roman_Consuls
And here is an interesting article about Roman naming practices that says essentially the same regarding the first occurence of Priscus:
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/names/roman/index.html
But regarding the point in time when the female form of the cognomen was first used as a given name: No luck...
Rene www.AboutNames.ch
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Danke, René!
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