cognomen

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cognōmen.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kɒɡˈnoʊ.mən/
• Hyphenation: cog‧no‧men

Noun

cognomen (plural cognomens or cognomina)

1. surname
   • 2018 December 23, Evan Davis, Dragons' Den:

     What's in a name? Well, to the Dragons, it would seem rather a lot, as they've tonight committed their cash to personalised products and to the man with the most famous cognomen in confectionery. I'll leave you to look that one up.

2. (historical) the third part of the name of a citizen of ancient Rome
3. a nickname or epithet by which someone is identified; a byname; a moniker or sobriquet

Translations

surname

• Bulgarian: презиме n (prezime)
• German: Nachname (de) m
• Greek: επώνυμο (el) n (epónymo), επίθετο (el) n (epítheto)

• Latin: cōgnōmen n
• Russian: фами́лия (ru) f (famílija)

the third part of the name of a citizen of ancient Rome

• German: Cognomen (de) n, Kognomen (de) n

• Greek: παρωνύμιο (el) n (paronýmio), επώνυμο (el) n (epónymo)

nickname

• Bulgarian: прякор (bg) m (prjakor)
• Greek: παρατσούκλι (el) n (paratsoúkli), παρανόμι (el) n (paranómi)

• Italian: cognome (it) m
• Spanish: cognomen (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} cognomine

Further reading

• “cognomen” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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Latin

Etymology

From com- (“together, with”) +‎ nōmen (“name”). The g is from false association with cognōscō (“recognize”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /koːɡˈnoː.men/, [koːŋˈnoː.mɛn]

Noun

cōgnōmen n (genitive cōgnōminis); third declension

1. surname
2. third part of a formal name
3. an additional name derived from some characteristic

Inflection

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōgnōmen	cōgnōmina
Genitive	cōgnōminis	cōgnōminum
Dative	cōgnōminī	cōgnōminibus
Accusative	cōgnōmen	cōgnōmina
Ablative	cōgnōmine	cōgnōminibus
Vocative	cōgnōmen	cōgnōmina

Related terms

• agnōmen
• nōmen

Descendants

• Catalan: cognom
• English: cognomen
• French: cognomen
• Italian: cognome

• Portuguese: cognome
• Romanian: cognomen
• Spanish: cognome

References

• cognomen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cognomen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cognomen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cognomen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• cognomen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cognomen in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin