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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin agnomen.
Noun
agnomen (plural agnomens or agnomina)
- An additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a Roman citizen.
Synonyms
Translations
additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a Roman citizen
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ad- (“to, towards, at”) + nōmen (“name; title”).
Pronunciation
Noun
agnōmen n (genitive agnōminis); third declension
- A surname or additional name relating to a specific achievement, characteristic or trait; agnomen.
- A nickname
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
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Descendants
References
- “agnomen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- agnomen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “agnomen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “agnomen”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin agnomen.
Noun
agnomen n (plural agnomene)
- agnomen
Declension