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cognomen

[ kog-noh-muhn ]

noun

, plural cog·no·mens, cog·nom·i·na [kog-, nom, -, uh, -n, uh].
  1. a surname.
  2. any name, especially a nickname.
  3. 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 ).


cognomen

/ kɒɡˈnəʊmɛn; -ˈnəʊ-; kɒɡˈnɒmɪnəl /

noun

  1. (originally) an ancient Roman's third name or nickname, which later became his family name See also agnomen nomen praenomen
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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·nomi·nal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cognomen1

1800–10; < Latin, equivalent to co- co- + nōmen name, with -g- on model of nōscī: cognōscī; cognition
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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?

The survivor was named "Hoyle" (a cognomen for our old friend Hurley) and his doings gave us a new fund of entertainment.

By adopting the cognomen of Habrodiaitos, or high-liver, he brought upon himself the nickname of Rhabdodiaitos, or brush-man.

He has been called a Sphinx, and well deserves the cognomen, for no man shows less upon his face the emotions of his heart.

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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