Associations to the word «Cognomen»
Noun
Wiktionary
COGNOMEN, noun. Surname
COGNOMEN, noun. The third part of the name of a citizen of ancient Rome
COGNOMEN, noun. A nickname or epithet by which someone is identified; a byname; a moniker or sobriquet
Dictionary definition
COGNOMEN, noun. A familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim".
COGNOMEN, noun. The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name).
Wise words
Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you
want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's
gone, gone forever.