Egnatius
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Egnatius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with members of the gens Egnatia, including figures such as Gnaeus Egnatius.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Egnatius canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9164816 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Egnatius Context triple: [Gnaeus Egnatius, hasFamilyName, Egnatius]
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A.
Alypius
Alypius is a close friend and companion of Saint Augustine, prominently featured in the Confessions for his moral struggles, conversion, and later role as a bishop.
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B.
Sabinus
Sabinus is a cognomen used by members of the ancient Roman Claudian gens, identifying a particular family branch within this prominent patrician lineage.
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C.
Armeniacus
Armeniacus was an honorific title used in ancient Rome to celebrate a military victor over Armenia, notably borne by the emperor Lucius Verus.
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D.
Aelius
Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
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E.
Arcesius
Arcesius is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of Zeus and the father of Laertes, making him the grandfather of Odysseus.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Egnatius Target entity description: Egnatius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with members of the gens Egnatia, including figures such as Gnaeus Egnatius.
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A.
Alypius
Alypius is a close friend and companion of Saint Augustine, prominently featured in the Confessions for his moral struggles, conversion, and later role as a bishop.
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B.
Sabinus
Sabinus is a cognomen used by members of the ancient Roman Claudian gens, identifying a particular family branch within this prominent patrician lineage.
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C.
Armeniacus
Armeniacus was an honorific title used in ancient Rome to celebrate a military victor over Armenia, notably borne by the emperor Lucius Verus.
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D.
Aelius
Aelius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with several notable figures of the Roman Empire, including emperors and high-ranking officials.
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E.
Arcesius
Arcesius is a figure in Greek mythology, known as the son of Zeus and the father of Laertes, making him the grandfather of Odysseus.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman family name
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ancient Roman nomen ⓘ gentilicium ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Roman Empire period
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Empire
Roman Republic period ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Republic
Roman naming conventions ⓘ |
| belongsToCulture | Roman culture ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Roman nomina
ⓘ
Latin-language surnames ⓘ |
| etymologyStatus | uncertain ⓘ |
| hasFeminineForm |
Egnatia
ⓘ
linked to:
gens Egnatia
|
| hasGender | masculine ⓘ |
| hasNotableBearer |
Egnatius (poet mentioned by Catullus)
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Egnatius Rufus ⓘ Gnaeus Egnatius ⓘ |
| hasPluralForm |
Egnatii
ⓘ
linked to:
gens Egnatia
|
| hasVariantForm |
Egnatia
ⓘ
linked to:
gens Egnatia
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| languageOfOrigin | Latin ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
ancient Roman epigraphy
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classical Latin literature ⓘ |
| nameType | nomen gentilicium ⓘ |
| namingPosition | second element in Roman tria nomina ⓘ |
| partOf | gens Egnatia ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| usedAs | family identifier ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Gnaeus Egnatius
ⓘ
members of gens Egnatia ⓘ |
| usedIn |
ancient Rome
ⓘ
linked to:
Roman Antiquity
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Egnatius Description of subject: Egnatius is an ancient Roman family name (nomen) associated with members of the gens Egnatia, including figures such as Gnaeus Egnatius.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.