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Little old man of legend in an appellation
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agnomen
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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. ...
Wikipedia
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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, ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. An additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a Roman citizen.
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Note: Gibbonus secundum habet pro numero, quod tamen est viri agnomen Wagner, nota in loc.