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cog·no·men       [kog-noh-muhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -no·mens, -nom·i·na       [-nom-uh-nuh] Pronunciation Key.
1.a surname.
2.any name, esp. a nickname.
3.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 (def. 1).
[Origin: 1800–10; < L, equiv. to co- co- + nōmen name, with -g- on model of nōscī: cognōscī; see cognition]

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cog·nom·i·nal       [kog-nom-uh-nuhl, -noh-muh-] Pronunciation Key, adjective
cog·nom·i·nal·ly, adverb
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cog·no·men       (kŏg-nō'mən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. cog·no·mens or cog·nom·i·na (-nŏm'ə-nə)
    1. A family name; a surname.
    2. The third and usually last name of a citizen of ancient Rome, as Caesar in Gaius Julius Caesar.
  2. A name, especially a descriptive nickname or epithet acquired through usage over a period of time.


[Latin cognōmen : co-, con-, co- (influenced by cognōscere, to know) + nōmen, name; see n-men- in Indo-European roots.]

cog·nom'i·nal (-nŏm'ə-nəl) adj.
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cognomen 
1809, from L. com- "with" + (g)nomen "name." Third or family name of a Roman citizen (Caius Julius Cæsar).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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cognomen

noun
1. 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" [syn: nickname] 
2. the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name) [syn: surname] 

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Cognomen

Cog*no"men\, n. [L.: co- + (g)nomen name.]

1. The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family.

2. (Eng. Law) A surname.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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