单词	cognomen
释义	cognomen /kɒɡˈnəʊmən / noun 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. Compare with nomen, praenomen, agnomen.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. ‘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. 1.1A name or nickname.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.... 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. Origin Latin, from co- 'together with' + gnomen, nomen 'name'. Rhymes nomen, praenomen, snowmen
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