A cognomen (Latin: [kɔŋˈnoːmɛn]; pl.: cognomina; from co- "together with" and (g)nomen "name") was the third name of a citizen of ancient Rome, under Roman...
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List of Roman cognomina (redirect from Brutus (cognomen))
Richard Dean (1916). "A Study of the Cognomina of Soldiers in the Roman Legions". Princeton University. p. 284. "Cognomen – NovaRoma". www.novaroma.org....
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Roman naming conventions (section Cognomen)
referred to as the tria nomina, the combination of praenomen, nomen, and cognomen that have come to be regarded as the basic elements of the Roman name in...
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Martialis is an ancient Roman cognomen which may refer to: Aulus Vicirius Martialis (fl. 98–113/114), Roman senator during the reign of Trajan Lucius Caesius...
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Nominative determinism (redirect from Cognomen Syndrome)
gentilicium, and Cicero the cognomen), back to two names, and finally one name again. Ancient Roman fathers passed on their cognomen to their children as well...
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Agrippa (praenomen) (redirect from Agrippa (cognomen))
name. The feminine form was probably Agrippina, which is also found as a cognomen, or surname, but no examples of its use as a praenomen have survived. The...
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Aebutia gens (redirect from Elva (cognomen))
times, they also used the name Publius. The patrician Aebutii used the cognomen Helva (also found as Elva in some sources). Cornicen was a personal surname...
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Terentia gens (redirect from Varro (cognomen))
List of Roman gentes Terentius Varro, for a list of Terentii who used the cognomen Varro This name was first bestowed by later scholars in order to distinguish...
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Vitus (redirect from Vitus (cognomen))
Look up vitus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vitus is a Latin given name meaning lively and may refer to: Saint Vitus (c. 290 – c. 303), a Christian...
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Epithets of Jupiter (redirect from Titular cognomen of Jupiter)
The numerous epithets of Jupiter indicate the importance and variety of the god's functions in ancient Roman religion. Jupiter's most ancient attested...
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ok-TAY-vee-əs, Latin: [ˈɡaːiʊs ɔkˈtaːwiʊs]). According to Suetonius, the cognomen Thurinus (Latin: [tʰuːˈriːnʊs], "of Thurii") was added to his birth name...
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Camilla), a cognomen in ancient Rome A hereditary cognomen in the gens Furia Marcus Furius Camillus A given name derived from the cognomen, see Camille...
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agnomina), in the Roman naming convention, was a nickname, just as the cognomen had been initially. However, the cognomina eventually became family names...
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This disambiguation page lists Roman cognomen articles associated with the title Rufus. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link...
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Pupus (section As a cognomen)
are cases of it being used as proper cognomen for adults and even as a praenomen. Pupus is attested as a cognomen during the imperial period, and likely...
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Flaccus was a cognomen of the ancient Roman plebeian family Fulvius, considered one of the most illustrious gentes of the city. Cicero and Pliny the Elder...
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which might be further differentiated by the genitive form of the father's cognomen, or for a married woman her husband's. Numerical adjectives might distinguish...
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used the common praenomina Lucius, Gaius, Marcus, and Quintus. The only cognomen found among the Caedicii of the Republic is Noctua, an owl. Surnames derived...
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emperor is limited. In most contemporary texts he is referred to by his cognomen "Maximus" rather than by his second nomen (family name) Pupienus (Classical...
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Agricola (section Cognomen or given name)
Look up agricola in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Agricola, the Latin word for farmer, may also refer to: In chronological order Gnaeus Julius Agricola...
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Rufus (section Cognomen or nickname)
dictionary. Rufus is a masculine given name, a surname, an Ancient Roman cognomen and a nickname (from Latin rufus, "red"). Notable people with the name...
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the slaves in Thurii led him to give his son, then a few years old, the cognomen of "Thurinus". He then left for Macedonia and proved to be a capable administrator...
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Roman cognomen Africanus means from Africa (i.e. born in Africa) rather than the correct meaning of having some relation to Africa. The cognomen Africanus...
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Pseudo-Aristotle is a general cognomen for authors of philosophical or medical treatises who attributed their work to the Greek philosopher Aristotle,...
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