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Definition of Cognomen
1. Noun. A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name). "Henry's nickname was Slim"
Generic synonyms: Appellation, Appellative, Denomination, Designation
Derivative terms: Nickname
2. Noun. The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name).
Generic synonyms: Name
Specialized synonyms: Maiden Name
Definition of Cognomen
1. n. The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family.
Definition of Cognomen
1. Noun. surname ¹
2. Noun. the third part of the name of a citizen of ancient Rome ¹
3. Noun. a nickname or epithet by which someone is identified; a byname; a moniker or sobriquet ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cognomen
1. a family name [n -MENS or -MINA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cognomen
Literary usage of Cognomen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"The order properly (and so used in good prose) was praenomen, потоп, cognomen;
but in metrical writing this is not preserved : eg " Cornelius Lucius Scipio ..."
2. A Latin-English Dictionary Printed from the Unfinished Ms. of the Late by Thomas Hewitt Key (1888)
"2. a cognomen, P. Agrias Barbus, insor. Grut. 360, .)• barca, ae, f. ... 53 and
63; 2. a cognomen, L. Coelius Ouf. Baro, inscr. Grut. 393, 7. barrio, ire, ..."
3. Teuffels̓ History of Roman Literature by Wilhelm Sigismund Teuffel (1891)
"From his mode of mentioning Memmius, and from the cognomen Carus which is otherwise
unknown in the gens Lucretia (it is altogether doubtful CIL., 9, 1867), ..."
4. The Classics, Greek & Latin: The Most Celebrated Works of Hellenic and Roman by Marion Mills Miller (1910)
"... cognomen of P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus Minor: Greek epigram of, G. iii.
342. Aeneid, The, epic of Virgil, L. ii. 7, 105, Ills. Aeolus, god of winds: ..."
5. The Journal of Classical and Sacred Philology by Joseph Barber Lightfoot, Fenton John Anthony Hort, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor (1855)
"cognomen and nomen, being primarily the same in meaning, are naturally used,
either of them without the other, vaguely and loosely : the fact I wish to call ..."
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