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Definition of Cognomens
1. cognomen [n] - See also: cognomen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cognomens
Literary usage of Cognomens
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Celtic Remains by Lewis Morris, Daniel Silvan Evans (1878)
"Of cognomens or Surnames, or Appellatives, or Nicknames among the Britains from
the Colour of their Hair: as, Du, Gwyn, Llwyd, Glas, Coch, Melyn: Dafydd Ddu ..."
2. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1880)
"The only cognomens which occur on coins are Balbus and Labienus. ... The cognomens
of the Alibi under the republic arc, BULBUS, ..."