- An
agnomen (Latin: [aŋˈnoːmɛn]; pl.:
agnomina), in the
Roman naming convention, was a nickname, just as the
cognomen had been initially. However, the cognomina...
- distinguishers. In the
later centuries of the Empire,
there was a
proliferation of
agnomina, a
fourth name
placed after the cognomen.[citation needed]
Later with the...
-
occurrence (Corvus). The late
grammarians distinguished certain cognomina as
agnomina.
Although originally a
personal name, the
cognomen frequently became hereditary...
-
victory titles became hereditary cognomina,
while others were
personal agnomina and not
carried on by
later family members.
Names like Afric**** ("the...
-
former practice,
first of
single names and then of
ephemeral patronymics or
agnomina of the
nickname type
proved insufficiently definitive. At
first the surname...
- were Ambustus, Buteo,
Dorso or Dorsuo, Labeo, Licinus,
Maximus (with the
agnomina Aemili****, Allobrogicus, Eburnus, Gurges, Rulli****, Servili****, and...
- alone. Many of the
Pisones bore this
cognomen alone, but
others bore the
agnomina Caesoninus and Frugi. Of the
other surnames of the
Republican Calpurnii...
-
family cognomina. The family-names of the
Licinii are
Calvus (with the
agnomina Esquilinus and Stolo), Cr****us (with the
agnomen Dives), Geta, Lucullus...
