Associations to the word «Agnomen»

Wiktionary

AGNOMEN, noun. An additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a Roman citizen.

Dictionary definition

AGNOMEN, noun. An additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `Ferdinand the Great').

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.