cognomen in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for cognomen in the English»Italian Dictionary

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

cognomen (in ancient Rome)

cognome m

cognomen in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cognomen in the English»Italian Dictionary

cognomen [kɑ:g·ˈnoʊ·mən] N

1. cognomen (nickname):

cognomen

soprannome m

2. cognomen HISTORY:

cognomen

cognome m

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

However, the origins of him gaining this cognomen are unknown.

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In some cases the owner's nomen or cognomen was used instead of or in addition to the praenomen.

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However, there could be other explanations for this cognomen.

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The latter two, though applicable to all of the gens, were seldom used when there was a more definite cognomen.

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Other "gentes" which later used it as a cognomen may originally have used it as a praenomen.

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