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Definition of cognomen in English: cognomennoun kɒɡˈnəʊmən 1An extra personal name given to an ancient Roman citizen, functioning rather like a nickname and typically passed down from father to son, for example Marcus Tullius Cicero. （古罗马人的）第三个名字（相当于外号，尤指父传子者） Compare with nomen, praenomen, agnomen Example sentencesExamples - Documents dating between 1521 and 1524 attest that he had assumed the cognomen Lieto, the Italian version of Laetus, substituting this for his actual patronymic, Allegri.
- A grateful Senate voted him the cognomen Augustus, by which name he is generally known in the history books.
- Robert Fitzgerald correctly refers to Athena's cognomen in the first book of the Odyssey as ‘Mentes.’
- Scipio received the cognomen Africanus and returned to Rome to celebrate a triumph.
- ‘The name ‘Caesar’ is a cognomen, a nickname given to one member of a Roman clan and borne by his descendants as a kind of surname.
- 1.1 A name or nickname.
名字；外号，绰号 Example sentencesExamples - The first revolver bearing the cognomen LadySmith was the Model M Hand Ejector of 1902.
- With the cant of abolitionism well amplified, Missourians took up the cognomen of Southerners more widely, yet still largely as a defense of the peculiar institution.
- It didn't last long under that cognomen and now goes by the less enticing Pan Nice Lady Bar.
- Galaxy's tough, brawling style earned him the cognomen, ‘The Thai Tyson’ and his record certainly shows a man who dominated his division.
- One of the new owners bears the cognomen of Mark and, as many people know, the Thai phrase that sounds a lot like ‘mark, mark’ means ‘much’ or ‘a lot of’.
Synonyms designation, denomination, label, description, characterization, identification, identity
OriginLatin, from co- 'together with' + gnomen, nomen 'name'. Rhymesnomen, praenomen, snowmen Definition of cognomen in US English: cognomennoun 1An extra personal name given to an ancient Roman citizen, functioning rather like a nickname and typically passed down from father to son. （古罗马人的）第三个名字（相当于外号，尤指父传子者） Compare with nomen, praenomen, agnomen Example sentencesExamples - Robert Fitzgerald correctly refers to Athena's cognomen in the first book of the Odyssey as ‘Mentes.’
- ‘The name ‘Caesar’ is a cognomen, a nickname given to one member of a Roman clan and borne by his descendants as a kind of surname.
- A grateful Senate voted him the cognomen Augustus, by which name he is generally known in the history books.
- Scipio received the cognomen Africanus and returned to Rome to celebrate a triumph.
- Documents dating between 1521 and 1524 attest that he had assumed the cognomen Lieto, the Italian version of Laetus, substituting this for his actual patronymic, Allegri.
- 1.1 A name or nickname.
名字；外号，绰号 Example sentencesExamples - One of the new owners bears the cognomen of Mark and, as many people know, the Thai phrase that sounds a lot like ‘mark, mark’ means ‘much’ or ‘a lot of’.
- The first revolver bearing the cognomen LadySmith was the Model M Hand Ejector of 1902.
- It didn't last long under that cognomen and now goes by the less enticing Pan Nice Lady Bar.
- Galaxy's tough, brawling style earned him the cognomen, ‘The Thai Tyson’ and his record certainly shows a man who dominated his division.
- With the cant of abolitionism well amplified, Missourians took up the cognomen of Southerners more widely, yet still largely as a defense of the peculiar institution.
Synonyms designation, denomination, label, description, characterization, identification, identity
OriginLatin, from co- ‘together with’ + gnomen, nomen ‘name’. |