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agnomen
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Name \Name\ (n[=a]m), n. [AS. nama; akin to D. naam, OS. & OHG. namo, G. name, Icel. nafn, for namn, Dan. navn, Sw. namn, Goth. nam[=o], L. nomen (perh. influenced by noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know), Gr. 'o`mona, Scr. n[=a]man. [root]267. Cf. ...
Wiktionary
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n. An additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a Roman citizen.
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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. However, ...
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Note: Gibbonus secundum habet pro numero, quod tamen est viri agnomen Wagner, nota in loc.