Definition of Agnomin

Definition of Agnomin

||Ag*no"men (ăg*nō"m&ebreve;n), n. [L.; ad + nomen name.] 1. An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.

2. An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

an additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a Roman citizen

- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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