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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AGNOMEN

From Late Latin, from ad- in addition to + nōmen name.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AGNOMEN

agnomen  [æɡˈnəʊmɛn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AGNOMEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Agnomen is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AGNOMEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Agnomen

An agnomen, in the Roman naming convention, was a nickname, just as the cognomen was initially. However, the cognomina eventually became family names, so agnomina were needed to distinguish between similarly named persons. However, as the agnomen was an additional and optional component in a Roman name, not all Romans had an agnomen. Pseudo-Probus uses the hero of the Punic Wars, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, as an example: Marius Victorinus further elucidates: “ Iam agnomen extrinsecus venit, et venit tribus modis, aut ex animo aut ex corpore aut ex fortuna: ex animo, sicut Superbus et Pius, ex corpore, sicut Crassus et Pulcher, ex fortuna, sicut Africanus et Creticus....

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AGNOMEN


acumen
ˈækjʊˌmɛn
amen
ˌeɪˈmɛn
cognomen
kɒɡˈnəʊmɛn
dolmen
ˈdɒlmɛn
examen
ɪɡˈzeɪmɛn
hymen
ˈhaɪmɛn
jazzmen
ˈdʒæzmɛn
longbowmen
ˈlɒŋbəʊmɛn
men
mɛn
nomen
ˈnəʊmɛn
outdoorsmen
ˌaʊtˈdɔːzmɛn
praenomen
priːˈnəʊmɛn
prenomen
priːˈnəʊmɛn
putamen
pjuːˈteɪmɛn
regimen
ˈrɛdʒɪˌmɛn
rumen
ˈruːmɛn
semen
ˈsiːmɛn
supermen
ˈsuːpəmɛn
Turkmen
ˈtɜːkmɛn
Xiamen
ˈʃjɑːˈmɛn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AGNOMEN

agnathan
agnathous
agnatic
agnatical
agnatically
agnation
Agnes
Agnesi
Agnew
Agni
agnise
agnize
agnoiology
agnomina
agnominal
Agnon
agnosia
agnosic
agnostic
agnosticism

WORDS THAT END LIKE AGNOMEN

abdomen
anchorwomen
business women
congresswomen
fancy women
gentlewomen
lower abdomen
Newcomen
noblewomen
omen
policewomen
saleswomen
servicewomen
sportswomen
superwomen
Turkomen
washerwomen
well-women
women
yeomen

Synonyms and antonyms of agnomen in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «agnomen» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AGNOMEN

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agnomen
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agnomen
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Agnomen
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agnomen
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Agnomen
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agnomen
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lakap
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agnomen
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προσωνυμία
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agnomen
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Trends of use of agnomen

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AGNOMEN»

The term «agnomen» is normally little used and occupies the 146.431 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AGNOMEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about agnomen

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AGNOMEN»

Discover the use of agnomen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to agnomen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Etruscan Researches
THE AGNOMEN AND THE MATRONYMIC. 257 6. The Agnomen. There is no instance of an Etruscan agnomen. In six instances the Latin version presents us with an agnomen, which has no direct equivalent in the corresponding Etruscan ...
Isaac Taylor, 1874
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Grammar and Philosophy in Late Antiquity: A Study of ...
The noun is that which each person is given in order to be called by his individual and definite name. That the name is the proper and definite name of someone is effected by four items, praenomen, nomen, cognomen, agnomen. (.
Anneli Luhtala, 2005
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Etruscan Researches by Isaac Taylor
THE AGNOMEN AND THE MATRONYMIO'. 257 6. The Agnomen. There is no instance of an Etruscan agnomen. In six instances the Latin version presents us with an agnomen, which has no direct equivalent in the corresponding Etruscan ...
Isaac Taylor, 1874
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History of the Names of Men, Nations, and Places in Their ...
AGNOMEN — SURNAME TAKEN BY A MAN AFTER HIS ADMISSION INTO A NEW FAMILY BY ADOPTION. origin of the The system of adoption which admitted the member of one agnomen. family into another and a different family, conferred ...
Eusèbe Salverte, 1862
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Commentarium de oratione et de octo partibus orationis artis ...
6,12 agnomen: Die Aufteilung der agnomina in die beiden Kategorien ex virtute und ex vitio ist eine Leistung der Donat—Kommentierung.35 Ältere Grammatiken wie Diom. haben statt dessen noch die unscharfe Unterscheidung zwischen ex ...
Sergius, Christian Stock, 2005
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Christ among the Messiahs: Christ Language in Paul and ...
70 An agnomen was sometimes appended to the name with the marker qui/quae et or sive (cf. Greek ὁ καί). A similar convention is the use of the so-called signa, which were appended to the name with the marker signo (e.g., Trebius Iustus ...
Matthew V. Novenson, 2012
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The Grand Scribe's Records: The memoirs of Han China, pt. II
2 See also the entry on Han An-Kuo in Loewe, Dictionary, pp. 142-4, and his biography in Han shu, 52. 2375-92. According to the Han shu (Han shu, 52.2394) his agnomen was Ch'ang-ju 長孺. Ssu-ma Ch'ien normally was consistent in ...
Qian Sima, William H. Nienhauser, Tsai Fa Cheng, 2011
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The Surveyor and Municipal and County Engineer
The Association Agnomen. There was once a gentleman in the engineering profession who, having been ignominiously plucked in every examination he entered for as a candidate, resolved to start an institution of his own. During the first year ...
9
Inscriptiones Africae Latinae Indicum
Ul (nisi CI. est agnomen). 18084, ei. 21031. 21839. 27835; po»t nomina centuriatnque 23253; post muiros 2618 b 35. 3U. *c 8 pater et tribus post cognomen saepius, e.g. 295. 6948. 17398. 19005. 27611; accedente domo 20706. 25910 tribus ...
G. Wilmanns, G. Wilmanns Th. Mommsen, Theodor Mommsen, 1959
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
When a rigor accompanies this symptom, Hippocrates fays it is dangerous. AGNOITES. See Agkostæ. AGNOMEN, in antiquity, an epithet given to a person, either by way of praise or dispraise, pr from some remarkable event, which became, ...

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AGNOMEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term agnomen is used in the context of the following news items.
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How did Paul get his name?
For example, the Roman general Scipio was famously granted the agnomen “Africanus” because of his victories in Africa during the Second ... «National Catholic Register, Mar 15»
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'Middleton's Matty Ryan' - Dont be deceived by the choir boy looks!
He is too reserved to tag himself with a ring nickname so has just acquired the agnomen 'Middleton' from where he is from, and so it appears ... «British Boxers, Jan 15»
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DP-100 Vision is Aston Martin's Answer to the Mid-Engined …
... of what a mid-engined V12-powered supercar (the first in its history) would be like, and aside from the ill-chosen agnomen, it's hard to fault. «Carscoops, Jun 14»
4
Grateful Dead Jeopardy | Questions + Answers
... subfamily Murinae, is highly social and nocturnal, making it apropos for the Deadheads whose own subfamily is derived from its agnomen. «Grateful Web, May 14»
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Ludovico il Moro, Storico nobile italiano
... Lombardia -, la pianta latrice della fiorente produzione della seta e, insieme, figurazione allusiva alla "sophia" con la quale, "Morus agnomen", egli governava. «TOTALITA'.IT, Jul 13»
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The scholar who followed his heart
Ibn Al Qayyim Al Jawziyyah is the laqab (agnomen) of Shamsiddin Abu Bakr Mohammad Ibn Ayyub Ibn Abu Bakr Al Zur'i, better known as Ibn ... «gulfnews.com, Jul 13»
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Indie Filmmaker Marc Selz Launches Psycho Logical Pictures …
Under this new agnomen Selz is working on several new projects: He is ready to shoot a new short film entitled Dead Spot. A psychological ... «Dread Central, Jan 10»
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Patton Oswalt
Even those who fail to recognize the comic's agnomen doubtless encountered him as early as the mid- to late '90s, on such hit programs as NewsRadio, Dr. Katz ... «New York Times, May 07»

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« EDUCALINGO. Agnomen [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/agnomen>. Apr 2024 ».
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