agnomen

[ ag-noh-muhn ]

/ ægˈnoʊ mən /

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noun, plural ag·nom·i·na

[ag-nom-uh-nuh]. /ægˈnɒm ə nə/.

an additional, fourth name given to a person by the ancient Romans in allusion to some achievement or other circumstance, as “Africanus” in “Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.”Compare cognomen (def. 3).

a nickname.

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Origin of agnomen

1745–55; <Late Latin, equivalent to ad-ad- + nōmen name, with alteration to ag- through influence of agnōscere;see agnize

OTHER WORDS FROM agnomen

ag·nom·i·nal

[ag-nom-uh-nl], /ægˈnɒm ə nl/, adjective

Words nearby agnomen

Agnew, Spiro, Agni, agnize, agnoiology, agnolotti, agnomen, Agnon, agnosia, agnostic, agnosticism, Agnus Dei

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How to use agnomen in a sentence

It was this slight connection with ‘the trade’ which gained for Cromwell the agnomen of ‘the brewer.’
Nineteen Centuries of Drink in England|Richard Valpy French
A blank is here in the MS. Agnomen is found in some of the others.
Old English Chronicles|Various
He obtained the Agnomen of Numidicus for his services in the Jugurthine war.
Plutarch's Lives, Volume II|Aubrey Stewart & George Long
To counteract the confusion that would inevitably arise, an agnomen or "tee-name" is usually appended.
Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland|Daniel Turner Holmes

Sometimes there was also a fourth name, called the agnomen, added from some illustrious action, or remarkable event.
Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology|Charles K. Dillaway

British Dictionary definitions for agnomen

agnomen

/ (æɡˈnəʊmɛn) /

noun plural -nomina (-ˈnɒmɪnə)

the fourth name or second cognomen occasionally acquired by an ancient RomanSee also cognomen, nomen, praenomen

another word for nickname

Derived forms of agnomen

agnominal (æɡˈnɒmɪnəl), adjective

Word Origin for agnomen

C18: from Late Latin, from ad- in addition to + nōmen name

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