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Tanicia gens

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The gens Tanicia was an obscure plebeian family at ancient Rome. No members of this gens are mentioned by ancient writers, but a few are known from inscriptions.

Origin

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The nomen Tanicius seems to belong to a class of gentilicia formed from cognomina ending in -ex or -icus, but no corresponding surname is known.[1]

Branches and cognomina

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The only regular surname associated with the Tanicii is Verus, meaning "true" or "just".[2] It belongs to a class of surnames originally derived from the character or habits of an individual.[3] Zosimus, borne by one of the Tanicii, is a Greek name, and would have been a personal surname, possibly the birth name of a freedman of one of the Tanicii, retained by him as a cognomen after his manumission.

Members

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This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Chase, p. 126.
  2. ^ New College Latin & English Dictionary, s.v. verus.
  3. ^ Chase, pp. 110, 111.
  4. ^ CIL III, 34.
  5. ^ CIL VII, 1124.
  6. ^ AE 1908, 137.

Bibliography

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  • Theodor Mommsen et alii, Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum (The Body of Latin Inscriptions, abbreviated CIL), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1853–present).
  • René Cagnat et alii, L'Année épigraphique (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated AE), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present).
  • George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, vol. VIII, pp. 103–184 (1897).
  • John C. Traupman, The New College Latin & English Dictionary, Bantam Books, New York (1995).