sirname
SIRNAME
cognomen (perhaps not cognomentum in Cic.; Vid: Orelli Cic. Fin. 2 5 15). To take a sirname cognomen sumere or trahere (ex aliqua re): to have a sirname cognomen habere; cognomine appellari; est alicui cognomen (with the sirname following in nominative or dative rarely in the genitive). ☞ In Roman names cognomen was the family name which was joined or added to the nomen or name of the gens or clan; e.g. M. (praenomen) Tullius (nomen) Cicero (cognomen). The cognomen was sometimes followed by an agnomen or additional title as Scipio Africanus.
cognomen (perhaps not cognomentum in Cic.; Vid: Orelli Cic. Fin. 2 5 15). To take a sirname cognomen sumere or trahere (ex aliqua re): to have a sirname cognomen habere; cognomine appellari; est alicui cognomen (with the sirname following in nominative or dative rarely in the genitive). ☞ In Roman names cognomen was the family name which was joined or added to the nomen or name of the gens or clan; e.g. M. (praenomen) Tullius (nomen) Cicero (cognomen). The cognomen was sometimes followed by an agnomen or additional title as Scipio Africanus.
sirname: v. SURNAME .