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agnomen::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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Examples of agnomen
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Scipio was welcomed back to Rome in triumph with the agnomen of Africanus.
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Like with Caligula, Germanicus is mostly referred to by his agnomen.
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And some names appear to have been used both as praenomen, agnomen or non-hereditary cognomen.
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Sometimes a second or third cognomen, called agnomen, was added.
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It can be the cognomen, the agnomen or even the first name.
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A woman usually did not have the praenomen and agnomen, unless the parents chose to give her those.
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A common agnomen was Pius, for someone who displayed virtues like honesty, reverence to the gods, or devotion to family and state.
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As a minimum, a Roman agnomen is a name attached to an individual's full titulature after birth and formal naming by the family.
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Some of the gentes of the Roman republic were proud of their Sabine heritage, such as the Claudia gens, assuming Sabinus as a cognomen or agnomen.
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- An additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `Ferdinand the Great')
- An agnomen (plural: agnomina), in the Roman naming convention, was a nickname, just as the cognomen was initially. However, the cognomina eventually became family names, so agnomina were needed to distinguish between similarly-named persons. ...
- (Agnoman) Nemed ("holy" or "privileged") is a figure of Irish mythology who features in The Book of Invasions. The son of Agnoman of Scythia, he is the leader of the third group of inhabitants of Ireland, the Nemedians. ...
- An additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a Roman citizen
- N. - additional name. agnomination, n. surname; punning; alliteration.
