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Meanings of cognomen in English

Portuguese
apelido
Catalan
sobrenom
Spanish
apodo
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An informal, often humorous name; a name that is either connected to the real name, the personality, the appearance or an anecdote.

apelido
Portuguese
apelido
Catalan
cognom
Spanish
apellido

The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)

apelido
Usage of cognomen in English
1
The cognomen was put last, and marked the family; as Cicero, Cæsar.
Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology / For Classical Schools...
2
Every white dweller among the Indians is known by some special cognomen.
Among the Sioux: A Story of the Twin Cities and the Two Dakotas
3
De Sade says that his name was Louis, without mentioning his cognomen.
The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch
4
Ther cognomen what I packs with me now is sure fantastical.
Ted Strong in Montana / Or, With Lariat and Spur
5
The humorous turn given by Lenaeus to Lutatius's cognomen is not very clear.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 13: Grammarians and Rhet...
6
Unlearn him his own cognomen,-teachhim another name,-toolate, too late.
What Will He Do with It? — Complete
7
My letter had appeared, signed Themistocles, his lordship's known political cognomen.
The Adventures of Hugh Trevor
8
The cognomen of the loyal nephew with the Secesh uncle.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 80, June, 1864 / A Magazine...
9
The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
10
But I am willing to know her by any cognomen that you may suggest.
The Blithedale Romance
11
Probably it was a corruption of his eastern cognomen.
Under the Waves: Diving in Deep Waters
12
All the refinement she had figured was ruined and defaced by that cognomen's unavoidable vulgarity.
Twelve Stories and a Dream
13
Singularly enough, his character fitted this cognomen rather well.
Kindred of the Dust
14
The cognomen, "Haunted Island," might not seem wholly inappropriate to a superstitious mind.
As It Was in the Beginning
15
These were called the prænomen (forename), nomen (name), cognomen (surname), and agnomen (added name).
The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Repu...
16
Name of Severina; I don't know her cognomen-
Venus In Copper
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