[ANSTHRLD] Looking for Help with a Roman Name

[Lee & Susan]

I'm still playing with the persona concept; but, yes, I would say she is
going to be a citizen.
Susan

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From: "ED Reese" <edreese at m7bedlam.com>
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Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2003 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [ANSTHRLD] Looking for Help with a Roman Name


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> Are you a citizen? It could matter to the number of names you use.
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> Esther of Ennis Merth
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> At 09:00 AM 5/3/2003 -0500, you wrote:
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> >Greetings!
> >Is there anyone out there who could help me with creating a Roman name?
I
> >am looking for a name for a persona from the early Empire period, 1st -
> >early 2nd centuries C.E.  From what I've been able to find, I would be
> >using a name with two elements, nomen and cognomen, both in a feminized
> >form.  My questions from there are primarily these:
> >1)  Which name would a person be called by their friends, the nomen or
> >cognomen?
> >2)  I'm interested in using the name Drusilla, I've found Drusus listed
as
> >a nomen and (from my minimal understanding of Latin) the normal feminine
> >form would be Drusa.  Would Drusilla be possible, also, as a feminized
> >(possibly a diminutive form) nomen for a woman?
> >
> >My sincere thanks to anyone who can help me with this,
> >Susan
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