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This is highly important because it shows that although the nomina basis of his prosody is both accentual and syllabic, the latter element is really its defining principle.

From The Art of English Poetry (1708) by Bysshe, Edward

To select fortunate names, the bona nomina of Cicero, was anciently a matter of such solicitude that it became a popular axiom, “A good name is a good fortune.”

From Maids Wives and Bachelors by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston