agnomen

/ag-noh-muhn/US // ægˈnoʊ mən //UK // (æɡˈnəʊmɛn) //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural ag·nom·i·na [ag-nom-uh-nuh]. /ægˈnɒm ə nə/.
- : an additional, fourth name given to a person by the ancient Romans in allusion to some achievement or other circumstance, as “Africanus” in “Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.”Compare cognomen.
- : a nickname.

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It was this slight connection with ‘the trade’ which gained for Cromwell the agnomen of ‘the brewer.’
A blank is here in the MS. Agnomen is found in some of the others.
He obtained the Agnomen of Numidicus for his services in the Jugurthine war.
To counteract the confusion that would inevitably arise, an agnomen or "tee-name" is usually appended.
Sometimes there was also a fourth name, called the agnomen, added from some illustrious action, or remarkable event.