cognomen


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cognomen /kɒgˈnəʊmən/
noun an extra personal name given to an ancient Roman citizen, functioning rather like a nickname and often passed from father to son.
– origin L., from co- ‘together with’ + gnomen, nomen ‘name’.
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