cog|no|men

cog|no|men
cog|no|men «kog NOH muhn», noun.
1. a surname; family name; last name.
2. a nickname: »

“Honest Abe” is a cognomen that carries a far-reaching lesson for leaders everywhere (Emory S. Bogardus).

3. any name: »

I repeated the name [Priscilla] to myself three or four times…this quaint and prim cognomen…amalgamated itself with my idea of the girl (Hawthorne).

4. the third or family name of a person in ancient Rome, for example Cicero in Marcus Tullius Cicero.
[< Latin cognōmen < co- with + nōmen name; influenced by cognōscere recognize]

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