praenōmĭno, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [praenomen],
I to give one the praenomen 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.