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‖ agnomen|ægˈnəʊmɛn|
[L. agnōmen, adnōmen, f. ad. to + (g)nōmen name; cf. adgnō-sc-ĕre to recognize.]
In Rom. Antiq. A second cognomen or fourth name, occasionally assumed by Romans. Hence loosely, A ‘to-name’ or additional name subsequently acquired.
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp. s.v., The generality of grammarians speak of the agnomen as a fourth name superadded to the cognomen or third name, on account of some extraordinary action, virtue, or the like: as Africanus in Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus. 1802M. Edgeworth Ennui ix. (1832) VI. 101 She was wonderfully happy in the invention of agnomens. 1814Scott Wav. xvii. 74 Small pale features, from which he derived his agnomen of Bean, or white. |