Oct 3, 2000 16:41
23 yrs ago
Latin term

Cornelia

Non-PRO Latin to English Tech/Engineering
CONERLIA ET FLAVIA

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The Romans had no formal nomenclature for women beyond the clan name, so when we see Cornelia, or Flavia, or Livia, or Tullia, or Terentia, or Iulia, or Antonia, etc., these forms are simply the feminine forms of the clan names more commonly known by their masculine forms: Cornelius, Flavius, Livius, Tullius, Terentius, Iulius, Antonius, etc.

Many Roman names actually mean something. So, yes, "Flavius" means blond, "Cornelius" is built on the "corn-" root that means horn. Others have no obvious meaning, such as Iulius, etc.

This corresponds to English family names, where some people are named Black, White, Armstrong, Oldfather, Gore, Bush, Thatcher, Smith, Cooper, Numbers, Fisher, Albright, etc., while many others are meaningless in English, such as Eisenhower, Blair, Jones, James, Fitzgerald, Reagan, Liebermann, Cheney, Gere, etc.

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3 hrs

These are persons' names only.

Cornelia and Flavia, both names of women.
If these were in the masculine gender they would be Cornelius and Flavius.

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Luis Luis
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10 hrs

horn, yellow haired

These 2 beautiful Latin names respectively means "horn" and "yellow haired".
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