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agnomen

[ ag-noh-muhn ]

noun

plural agnomina
  1. an additional, fourth name given to a person by the ancient Romans in allusion to some achievement or other circumstance, as 鈥淎fricanus鈥 in 鈥淧ublius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.鈥 Compare cognomen ( def 3 ).
  2. a nickname.


agnomen

/ 忙伞藞n蓲m瑟n蓹l; 忙伞藞n蓹蕣m蓻n /

noun

  1. the fourth name or second cognomen occasionally acquired by an ancient Roman See also cognomen nomen praenomen
  2. another word for nickname
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • agnominal, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补驳路苍辞尘路颈路苍补濒 [ag-, nom, -, uh, -nl], adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of agnomen1

1745鈥55; < Late Latin, equivalent to ad- ad- + 苍艒尘别苍 name, with alteration to ag- through influence of 补驳苍艒蝉肠别谤别; agnize
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of agnomen1

C18: from Late Latin, from ad- in addition to + 苍艒尘别苍 name
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While its most familiar building is a Catholic cathedral and its most famous sports franchise carries a heavenly agnomen, New Orleans lacks a non-gridiron saint.

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Why old Antony was persuaded of the devil to christen his second child by the ungodly agnomen of Henry, we are not informed.

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To counteract the confusion that would inevitably arise, an agnomen or "tee-name" is usually appended.

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Sometimes there was also a fourth name, called the agnomen, added from some illustrious action, or remarkable event.

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I was a little anxious to know whether her ladyship would honour me with an agnomen.

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