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.
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]
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.
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.
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]
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.