surname
surname
subs.
P. ἐπίκλησις, ἡ, Ar. and P. ἐπωνῠμία, ἡ.
subs.
P. ἐπίκλησις, ἡ, Ar. and P. ἐπωνῠμία, ἡ.
surname
v. trans.
P. ἐπικαλεῖν, P. and V. ἐπονομάζειν.
v. trans.
P. ἐπικαλεῖν, P. and V. ἐπονομάζειν.
SURNAME
cognomen cognomentum (very rare in Cic.: agnomen late). To give a surname to anyone cognomen imponere indere alicui: to assign a surname to anyone cognomine aliquem appellare: Aristides bore the surname of Just Aristides cognomine Justus appellatus est: to derive a surname from anything cognomen trahere ex re.
cognomen cognomentum (very rare in Cic.: agnomen late). To give a surname to anyone cognomen imponere indere alicui: to assign a surname to anyone cognomine aliquem appellare: Aristides bore the surname of Just Aristides cognomine Justus appellatus est: to derive a surname from anything cognomen trahere ex re.
surname (subs.):
I. Family name:
1. cognōmen, ĭnis, n. (opp. to nōmen, the gentile name, and praenōmen, the individual name): Publius and Sextus Aelius were elected, the s. of both was Paetus, creati P. et Sex. Aelii, Paetis fuit ambobus cogn., Liv. 32, 2.
2. cognōmentum (rare): Cnaeus Lentulus, whose s. was Clodianus, Cn. Lentulus, cui cogn. Clodiano fuit, Sall. fragm. in Gell. 18, 4.
II. A name or title given in addition to the family name:
1. cognōmen, n.: Aristides received the s. of the Just, A. cognomine justus est appellatus, Nep. Arist. 1: to receive a s. from some circumstance, ex aliquo c. trahere, Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16.
2. cognōmentum (rare): Heraclitus, who is known by the s. of the Obscure, H., cognomento qui σκοτεινὸς perhibetur, Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15. (Agnomen, the t. t. for this kind of surname, has no classical authority: it was read in Cic. de Inv. 2, 9, 28; but is now omitted in the best editions.)
I. Family name:
1. cognōmen, ĭnis, n. (opp. to nōmen, the gentile name, and praenōmen, the individual name): Publius and Sextus Aelius were elected, the s. of both was Paetus, creati P. et Sex. Aelii, Paetis fuit ambobus cogn., Liv. 32, 2.
2. cognōmentum (rare): Cnaeus Lentulus, whose s. was Clodianus, Cn. Lentulus, cui cogn. Clodiano fuit, Sall. fragm. in Gell. 18, 4.
II. A name or title given in addition to the family name:
1. cognōmen, n.: Aristides received the s. of the Just, A. cognomine justus est appellatus, Nep. Arist. 1: to receive a s. from some circumstance, ex aliquo c. trahere, Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 16.
2. cognōmentum (rare): Heraclitus, who is known by the s. of the Obscure, H., cognomento qui σκοτεινὸς perhibetur, Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15. (Agnomen, the t. t. for this kind of surname, has no classical authority: it was read in Cic. de Inv. 2, 9, 28; but is now omitted in the best editions.)
cognomen
a surname, second-name, family-name
cognomentum
a surname
Gradivus
a surname of Mars
Lyaeus
Lyaeus, deliverer from care, a surname of Bacchus
a surname of Bacchus
Cloacina
the purifier, a surname of Venus
Eleleus
a surname of Bacchus
Elicius
a surname of Jupiter, as god of omens
Euhius
a surname of Bacchus
Feretrius
god of trophies, a surname of Jupiter
Helvina
a surname of Ceres
Libentina
a surname of Venus as goddess of pleasure
Mulciber
a surname of Vulcan
Smintheus
the Sminthean, a surname of Apollo
Stata
a surname of Vesta
a surname, second-name, family-name
cognomentum
a surname
Gradivus
a surname of Mars
Lyaeus
Lyaeus, deliverer from care, a surname of Bacchus
appearing fewer than 50 times
Bromiusa surname of Bacchus
Cloacina
the purifier, a surname of Venus
Eleleus
a surname of Bacchus
Elicius
a surname of Jupiter, as god of omens
Euhius
a surname of Bacchus
Feretrius
god of trophies, a surname of Jupiter
Helvina
a surname of Ceres
Libentina
a surname of Venus as goddess of pleasure
Mulciber
a surname of Vulcan
Smintheus
the Sminthean, a surname of Apollo
Stata
a surname of Vesta
Surnames
See nomen.