I.perf., ātum, 1, v. a. praenomen, to give one the prœnomen or title of, to name (very rare): Numerios praenominabant, Varr. ap. Non. 352, 29.—
II. To name in the first place (late Lat.): praenominatur caro, et postea deitas, Rustic. c. Aceph. p. 1236.