Nickname in the Roman naming convention.
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Examples for "agnomen"
Examples for "agnomen"
1Metellus was recalled, enjoyed a triumph, and received the agnomen of NUMIDICUS.
2The agnomen adoptivum indicates his transference by adoption from one gens to another.
3These were called the prænomen (forename), nomen (name), cognomen (surname), and agnomen (added name).
4Sometimes there was also a fourth name, called the agnomen, added from some illustrious action, or remarkable event.
5Thus also, Quintus Fabius Maximus received the Agnomen of Cunctator, from his checking the victorious career of Hannibal by avoiding a battle.
Translations for agnomina