cognomen 的定义
plural cog·no·mens, cog·nom·i·na [kog-nom-uh-nuh]. /kɒgˈnɒm ə nə/.
- a surname.
- any name, especially a nickname.
- the third and commonly the last name of a citizen of ancient Rome, indicating the person's house or family, as “Caesar” in “Gaius Julius Caesar.”Compare agnomen.
cognomen 近义词
name
更多cognomen例句
- The question has frequently been asked who was intended by the cognomen Saint Gris?
- The survivor was named "Hoyle" (a cognomen for our old friend Hurley) and his doings gave us a new fund of entertainment.
- By adopting the cognomen of Habrodiaitos, or high-liver, he brought upon himself the nickname of Rhabdodiaitos, or brush-man.
- He has been called a Sphinx, and well deserves the cognomen, for no man shows less upon his face the emotions of his heart.
- He writes under a slightly more suitable cognomen, but I have been unable, in our brief acquaintance, to drag it from him.