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cog·no·men

(kŏg-nō′mən)

n. pl. cog·no·mens or cog·nom·i·na (-nŏm′ə-nə)

a. A family name; a surname.

b. The third and usually last name of a citizen of ancient Rome, as Caesar in Gaius Julius Caesar.

2. A name, especially a descriptive nickname or epithet acquired through usage over a period of time.

[Latin cognōmen : co-, con-, co- (influenced by cognōscere, to know) + nōmen, name; see nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots.]

cog·nom′i·nal (-nŏm′ə-nəl) adj.

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cognomen

(kɒɡˈnəʊmɛn)

n, pl -nomens or -nomina (-ˈnɒmɪnə; -ˈnəʊ-)

(Historical Terms) (originally) an ancient Roman's third name or nickname, which later became his family name. See also agnomen, nomen, praenomen

[C19: from Latin: additional name, from co- together + nōmen name; influenced in form by cognōscere to learn]

cognominal adj

cogˈnominally adv

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cog•no•men

(kɒgˈnoʊ mən)

n., pl. -no•mens, -nom•i•na (-ˈnɒm ə nə)

1. any name, esp. a nickname or epithet.

2. 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).

3. a surname.

[1800–10; < Latin, =co- co- + nōmen name]

cog•nom′i•nal (-ˈnɒm ə nəl, -ˈnoʊ mə-) adj.

cognomen

1. Ancient Rome. the third and usually last name in Roman personal names, as Caesar of Gaius Julius Caesar.
2. a surname or family name.
3. a nickname. — cognominal. adj.

cognomen

noun

The word or words by which one is called and identified:

appellation, appellative, denomination, designation, epithet, name, nickname, style, tag, title.

Slang: handle, moniker.

Translations

cognomen

[kɒgˈnəʊmen] N (frm) (cognomens or cognomina (pl)) (= surname) → apellido m; (= nickname) → apodo m

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Sorrow and misfortune overtake the legislature that still from year to year permits Tahoe to retain its unmusical cognomen! Tahoe!

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Hereafter a very notorious Roman Emperor will institute this worship in Rome, and thence derive a cognomen, Heliogabalus.

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Both the name and the idea appealed to Number Thirteen and from that time he adopted Bulan as his rightful cognomen.

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Under the temporary pressure of pecuniary liabilities, contracted with a view to their immediate liquidation, but remaining unliquidated through a combination of circumstances, I have been under the necessity of assuming a garb from which my natural instincts recoil - I allude to spectacles - and possessing myself of a cognomen, to which I can establish no legitimate pretensions.

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The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person.

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It permeates the political space where the cognomen 'Honourable' is used to describe public officials like Commissioners, local government officials and 'legislooters' masquerading as legislators.

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The name cluster is possibly originating in a cognomen referring to the Isle of Muhu, where the settlers previously lived, and as such, serving as evidence of internal migration (see also Kallasmaa 1996 : 220).

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There is a nomen gentile Albius (the poet Albius Tibullus) and a cognomen Albinus (several), but that's all.

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40: While the spelling mntn' here may render the Latinate cognomen Montanus, the form mwnt'n' from Hr Guergour N 4 must render an African byform Muntanus.

Noun	1.	cognomen - a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim" byname, moniker, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet appellation, appellative, designation, denomination - identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others
	2.	cognomen - the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) family name, last name, surname name - a language unit by which a person or thing is known; "his name really is George Washington"; "those are two names for the same thing" maiden name - a woman's surname before marriage