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cognomen

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8 lettersPronunciation /kɒɡˈnoʊ.mən/Part of speech nounSorted cegmnnooStarts with CEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)

Word origin

From Latin cognōmen, from con- (“with”) + nōmen (“name; family name”).

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  • Julius Caesar's actual name was Gaius Iulius Caesar. Gaius was his praenomen or forename, Iulius his nomen or surname, and Caesar his cognomen, denoting which part of the Iulius family he belonged to.
  • Roman tradition suggests that he might also have had the cognomen Octavian to indicate his biological family.

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