ACADEMY OF SAINT GABRIEL REPORT 1707
http://www.s-gabriel.org/1707
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From: Cardinal Ximenez 
24 Jun 1999

Greetings,

Here's the information we found about <Tertia>, which you wanted to
use as a feminine Imperial Roman praenomen, and <Dexia>, <Calatoria>,
<Dinysia>, and <Felix>, which you wanted to use as Roman nomina.

We don't have a lot of information about Roman naming practices.  The
results of the best research we've found are summarized on the Web at

http://www.wctc.net/~randomsf/sg-roman.htm

According to that article, women in Imperial Rome were not generally
given a praenomen.  However, <Tertia> was used as a woman's cognomen,
since women's cognomina often indicated birth order.

<Dexia> and <Calatoria> are the correct feminine forms of <Dexius> amd
<Calatorius>, both of which were used as nomina in Imperial Rome.
<Dinysia> is probably a misprint for <Dionysia>, which is the feminine
form of the masculine nomen <Dionysius>.  <Felix> is also a masculine
nomen--the feminine form is <Felicia>. [1]

<Dexia>, <Calatoria>, <Dionysia>, and <Felicia> are all plausible
nomina for a Roman woman from the Imperial period.  Any of them could
be used with <Tertia>.  <Dexia Tertia>, <Calatoria Tertia>, and so on,
would all be appropriate names for a woman from Imperial Rome.

Walraven van Nijmegen, Arval Benicoeur, Tangwystl verch Morgant
Glasvryn, and Talan Gwynek contributed to this letter.

We hope this has been helpful, and that we can continue to assist you.

In service,
Alan Fairfax
Academy of S. Gabriel

[1] Solin, Heikki & Olli Salomies, _Repertorium Nominum Gentilium et
Cognominum Latinorum_ (Hildesheim: Olms-Weidmann, 1988).