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...

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...

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...

Gaius Julius Caesar. His cognomen Publicola or Poplicola means in Latin "friend of the people". His mother named him this cognomen in honor of her step father...

ok-TAY-vee-əs, Latin: [ˈɡaːiʊs ɔkˈtaːwiʊs]). According to Suetonius, the cognomen Thurinus (Latin: [tʰuːˈriːnʊs], "of Thurii") was added to his birth name...

epithet Bahuvrihi, a Proto-Indo-European formation often used for epithets Cognomen Honorific List of monarchs by nickname Lists of people by epithet Makurakotoba...

student body, which held a vote later in that year to decide whether this cognomen or one of the other two currently in use – "Chiefs" and "Sagamores"- would...

have been Lucius's brother. This suggests Lucius was the first of his cognomen Cincinnatus, meaning "the curly haired". The family was rich. In the late...

said to be derived from the Latin adjective claudus, meaning "lame". As a cognomen, Claudus is occasionally found in other gentes. However, since there is...

the Grand Historian, and has been suspected to be a made-up descriptive cognomen meaning "the fugitive warrior", glossing the surname "Sun" as the related...

cases one cannot even determine with certainty whether it is a nomen or a cognomen. However, because it is impossible to determine which of these persons...

rather the worse for wear, at Ryan's 4th ward polls, who goes under the cognomen of Edgar A. Poe, and who appears in great distress, & he says he is acquainted...

is probably a stone cutter's error. Dio is also alleged to have had the cognomen "Cocceianus", but Alain Gowing argues that the evidence for it is insufficient...

town centre can be found around South and North Main streets. The city's cognomen of "the rebel city" originates in its support for the Yorkist cause in...

his place in the genealogy of his children or grandchildren. Thorgils' cognomen Sprakalägg can be translated into English as "Break-leg" or "Strut-leg"...

for other men with the same cognomen Fabius Ambustus, for other men who used the same combination of gens name and cognomen Livy, Ab Urbe Condita vi. 22...

(12 January 2007). "Man files lawsuit to take wife's name". The Boston Globe (Boston.com). Los Angeles. Associated Press. Archived from the original on...

historical fact and more etiological myth, invented to explain the Servilian cognomen "Ahala"/"Axilla", which means "armpit" and is probably of Etruscan origin...

Hirpinus, Scapula, Trogus, and Valgus. A few members of the gens bore no cognomen. The only surname that occurs on coins is that of Crispinus Sulpicianus...

accurate by modern historians. The text also claims that Clodius received the cognomen Albinus because of the extraordinary whiteness of his complexion. Showing...

identified in the Bible only by their relationship to their husband. The cognomen Procula (in Latin) or Prokla (in Greek) for Pilate's wife first appears...

their Sabine heritage, such as the Claudia gens, assuming Sabinus as a cognomen or agnomen. Some specifically Sabine deities and cults were known at Rome:...

of his father, Hamilcar Barca. Barca (Punic: 𐤁𐤓𐤒, BRQ) is a Semitic cognomen meaning "lightning" or "thunderbolt", a surname acquired by Hamilcar on...

name of the Morning Star, now called Venus, seems to us unsurpassed as a cognomen for a journal whose mission is to bring light to the dwellers in darkness"...

name of the Morning Star, now called Venus, seems to us unsurpassed as a cognomen for a journal whose mission is to bring light to the dwellers in darkness...

Manlia gens, for others of this gens, see Acidinus (cognomen), for other Manlii with the cognomen "Acidinus" Smith, William (1867), "Acidinus (1)", in...

origin of the Furia gens does not appear at all improbable. However, the cognomen Medullinus, which belonged to the oldest branch of the gens, may indicate...

bodily strength, while his bravery was beyond dispute. He was given the cognomen Cursor from his swiftness of foot. Most of what is known of Cursor's life...

other men with the same cognomen Fabius Ambustus, for a list of other men used the same combination of gens name and cognomen Fabia gens Livy, Ab Urbe...

Ancient Rome, posthumous children of noble birth were often given the cognomen (or third name) 'Postumus'. One example is Agrippa Postumus. In Yoruba...