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cognomen
[ kog-noh-muhn ]
noun
, plural cog·no·mens, cog·nom·i·na [kog-, nom, -, uh, -n, uh].
- a surname.
- any name, especially a nickname.
- the third and commonly the last name of a citizen of ancient Rome, indicating the person's house or family, as “Caesar” in “Gaius Julius Caesar.” Compare agnomen ( def 1 ).
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Derived Forms
- cognominal, adjective
- cogˈnominally, adverb
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Other Words From
- cog·nom·i·nal [kog-, nom, -, uh, -n, uh, l, -, noh, -m, uh, -], adjective
- cog·nomi·nal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cognomen1
C19: from Latin: additional name, from co- together + nōmen name; influenced in form by cognōscere to learn
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Example Sentences
The question has frequently been asked who was intended by the cognomen Saint Gris?
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The survivor was named "Hoyle" (a cognomen for our old friend Hurley) and his doings gave us a new fund of entertainment.
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By adopting the cognomen of Habrodiaitos, or high-liver, he brought upon himself the nickname of Rhabdodiaitos, or brush-man.
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He has been called a Sphinx, and well deserves the cognomen, for no man shows less upon his face the emotions of his heart.
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He writes under a slightly more suitable cognomen, but I have been unable, in our brief acquaintance, to drag it from him.
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