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Definition of Cognomens

Cognomen
Cognomen Cog*no"men, n. [L.: co- + (g)nomen name.] 1. The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family. 2. (Eng. Law) A surname.

Meaning of Cognomens from wikipedia

- Cicero, and Caesar for Gaius Julius Caesar. The term "cognomen" (sometimes pluralized "cognomens") has come into use as an English noun used outside the...
- Martialis is an ancient Roman cognomen which may refer to: Aulus Vicirius Martialis (fl. 98–113/114), Roman senator during the reign of Trajan Lucius Caesius...
- This disambiguation page lists Roman cognomen articles ****ociated with the title Rufus. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link...
- gentilicium, and Cicero the cognomen), back to two names, and finally one name again. Ancient Roman fathers p****ed on their cognomen to their children as well...
- Richard Dean (1916). "A Study of the Cognomina of Soldiers in the Roman Legions". Princeton University. p. 284. "Cognomen – NovaRoma". www.novaroma.org....
- referred to as the tria nomina, the combination of praenomen, nomen, and cognomen that have come to be regarded as the basic elements of the Roman name in...
- geographical cognomens sometimes served to distinguish better than "son of," "ben" or "ibn." Roman Military commanders often took a second cognomen, an agnomen...
- Noticing brahmanic names with a large number of modern Bengali Kayastha cognomens in several early epigraphs discovered in Bengal, some scholars have suggested...
- name. The feminine form was probably Agrippina, which is also found as a cognomen, or surname, but no examples of its use as a praenomen have survived. The...
- Look up vitus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vitus is a Latin given name meaning lively and may refer to: Saint Vitus (c. 290 – c. 303), a Christian...