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Sertor is a Latin ''praenomen'', or personal name, which was used during the Roman Republic. It was never common, and is not known to have been used by any prominent families at Rome. It gave rise to the patronymic ''gens Sertoria''. The feminine form was probably ''Sertora''. The name was not regularly abbreviated, but is sometimes found as Sert.〔''Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft''〕〔George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in ''Harvard Studies in Classical Philology'', vol. VIII (1897)〕〔Mika Kajava, ''Roman Female Praenomina: Studies in the Nomenclature of Roman Women'' (1994)〕 The praenomen Sertor was used by the plebeian ''gentes Mimesia, Varisidia, Vedia'', and perhaps ''Resia'', and must once have been used by the ancestors of ''gens Sertoria'', whose most distinguished member was the Roman general Quintus Sertorius. The name was familiar to the scholar Marcus Terentius Varro, who described it as an antique praenomen, no longer in general use by the 1st century BC. As with other praenomina, it may have been more common, and survived longer, in the countryside; at least one example from Umbria dates to Varro's time or later.〔''Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft''〕〔Mika Kajava, ''Roman Female Praenomina: Studies in the Nomenclature of Roman Women'' (1994)〕〔George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in ''Harvard Studies in Classical Philology'', vol. VIII (1897)〕〔Marcus Terentius Varro, quoted in ''De Praenominibus'' (epitome by Julius Paris)〕 ==Origin and meaning of the name== In his epitome, ''De Praenominibus'' ("Concerning Praenomina"), Julius Paris derives Sertor from ''satio'', a planted field; while Festus derived it from the same root as ''adsertor'', a person who asserts the freedom of another, or claims him as his own. These appear to be examples of false etymology.〔''De Praenominibus'' (epitome by Julius Paris)〕〔Sextus Pompeius Festus, epitome by Paulus Diaconus〕 Chase believed that the praenomen was probably of Umbrian origin, and was the equivalent of the Latin word ''servator'', ''one who protects'' or ''preserves''. Its meaning would thus be similar to the more common praenomen ''Servius''. However, the name seems to have been used throughout Italy, for the Mimesii were apparently Latins, while the Sertorii were of Sabine extraction; and in any case Varro considered it to be Latin, if obsolete.〔George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in ''Harvard Studies in Classical Philology'', vol. VIII (1897)〕 An inscription belonging to the obscure ''gens Resia'' gives the praenomen ''Fertor'', which some scholars amend to ''Sertor''. Chase postulates that it might be a separate praenomen, meaning "one who supports." The Etruscan praenomen ''Sethre'' might be derived from Sertor.〔''Realencyclopädie der Classischen Altertumswissenschaft''〕〔George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in ''Harvard Studies in Classical Philology'', vol. VIII (1897)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sertor (praenomen)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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