cognomen-cognomen: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is cognomen?

  • Chez les Romains, surnom donnéà l'origine à un individu, en souvenir d'une action d'éclat, ou à cause d'une particularité généralement physique (le cognomen est ensuite devenu héréditaire).

    Among the Romans, nickname originally given to an individual, in memory of an action of brilliance, or because of a generally physical peculiarity (the cognomen then became hereditary).

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