单词 | cognomen |
释义 | cognomenn. 1. In Latin use: (a) The third name, family name, or surname of a Roman citizen, as Marcus Tullius Cicero, Caius Julius Cæsar; (b) an additional name or epithet bestowed on individuals, as Africanus, Cunctator (in later Latin called agnomen). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > surname > Roman cognomination1646 cognomen1879 1879 H. Phillips Addit. Notes upon Coins 10 Saserna was the cognomen of a noble family which deduced its descent from King Tullus Hostilius. 2. Hence, in English use: a distinguishing name or epithet given to a person or assumed by himself; a nickname. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > nickname or additional name to-namec950 eke-name1303 surnamec1330 bynamec1374 nickname1440 addition1472 epitheton1570 by-term1579 epithet1579 agnomination1590 adjunct1598 apathaton1598 byword1598 nurse-name1605 familiar name1611 suradditiona1616 sobriquet1646 agname1652 last name1695 agnomen1809 cognomen1811 soubriquet1818 nickery1823 handle1838 cognomination1843 moniker1851 eponym1863 adname1890 tag1961 1811 L.-M. Hawkins Countess & Gertrude I. vi. 96 Though called by whatever epithets or cognomens imply old age. 1830 M. R. Mitford Our Village IV. 103 Her father, Jack Bint..was commonly known by the cognomen of London Jack. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. vi. 213 The cognomen by which Philip is recognized is ‘the Prudent’. 3. An (English) surname. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] > surname > English cogname1685 cognomen1809 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. II. v. ii. 16 The name of Alexander..coupled with the gentle cognomen of Partridge. 1867 M. E. Braddon R. Godwin II. iii. 39 The Queen of Beauty was distinguished by the very commonplace cognomen of Watson. 4. loosely. Name, appellation. [So, in Latin, very commonly used by Vergil and other poets, for a name given to a country, river, etc.] ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > name or appellation > [noun] nameeOE wordeOE clepinga1300 namingc1300 neveningc1300 titlec1390 notea1393 stylec1400 calling?a1425 nomination?a1425 vocable1440 appellation1447 denomination?a1475 vocation1477 preface1582 prenomination1599 nomenclature1610 expressiona1631 denotation1631 appellative1632 compellation1637 denominate1638 nomenclation1638 nominance1642 titularity1643 entitlement1823 compellative1830 cognomen1852 tally1929 denotative1944 anthroponym1952 1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance iv. 37 I repeated the name [Priscilla] to myself, three or four times..this quaint and prim cognomen..amalgamated itself with my idea of the girl. 1857 J. G. Wood Common Objects Sea Shore 4 The Common Shag, a bird of a monosyllabic English cognomen. 1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lakes (1879) 189 A lane, bearing the euphonious cognomen of Spooney Green. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). cognomenv. rare. trans. To give a cognomen to, to nickname. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > naming > give a name to [verb (transitive)] > give or call by nickname nickname1567 byname1587 agnominate1595 nick1607 cognominate1609 agname1652 to-name1775 cognomen1831 sobriquet1842 cognominize1849 soubriquet1880 moniker1923 1831 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 729 A crazy coxcomb, who..has been cognomen'd..the Glasgow Gander. 1841 Fraser's Mag. 23 78 Churchill, cognomened the ‘clerical bruiser’, was a disgrace to the church. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < |
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