cognomen in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for cognomen in the English»French Dictionary

cognomen [Brit kɒɡˈnəʊmən, Am kɑɡˈnoʊmən, ˈkɑɡnəmən] N HISTORY

cognomen in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cognomen in the English»French Dictionary

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Other "gentes" which later used it as a cognomen may originally have used it as a praenomen.
en.wikipedia.org
The latter two, though applicable to all of the gens, were seldom used when there was a more definite cognomen.
en.wikipedia.org
However, there could be other explanations for this cognomen.
en.wikipedia.org
However, the origins of him gaining this cognomen are unknown.
en.wikipedia.org
In some cases the owner's nomen or cognomen was used instead of or in addition to the praenomen.
en.wikipedia.org

Would you like to add some words, phrases or translations?

Submit a new entry.

Browse the dictionary

English

Look up "cognomen" in other languages


Choose your language Deutsch | Ελληνικά | English | Español | Français | Italiano | Polski | Português | Русский | Slovenščina | Srpski
Browse the dictionaries
Most popular