noun · neutersecond declension
cognōmentum
cognōmentum n (genitive cognōmentī)
Meaning
- surname
- name
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
nōmen alterumcognōmentum -ī (n) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 2
nōmen additumcognōmentum -ī (n) — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 19
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cognōmentum | cognōmenta |
| genitive | cognōmentī | cognōmentōrum |
| dative | cognōmentō | cognōmentīs |
| accusative | cognōmentum | cognōmenta |
| ablative | cognōmentō | cognōmentīs |
| vocative | cognōmentum | cognōmenta |
cognōmentum, i, n. access. form of cognomen,
I. a surname (rare in class. prose; most freq. in Tac.; not used by Cic.; v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15), Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 47; id. Ps. 4, 2, 20; id. Pers. 1, 2, 8; Poët. ap. Cic. Fin. 2, 5, 15; Sall. Fragm. ap. Gell. 18, 4, 4; Messala ap. Sen. Suas. 2; Tac. A. 12, 55; 14, 27; Gell. 18, 7, 1.—
II. (Like cognomen in poets, v. cognomen, II.) In gen., a name (partic. of inanim. things or of persons to designate a peculiar quality), Tac. A. 1, 31 Nipperd.; 2, 6; 2, 60; 4, 65; 11, 11; 15, 40; id. H. 5, 2.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cōgnōmentum ī, n
rare or late for cognomen, a surname: cognomento qui σκοτεινὸς perhibetur, Poet. ap. C.: Puteoli cognomentum a Nerone adipiscuntur, Ta.—A name: (Rhenum) verso cognomento Vahalem dicere, Ta.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin cognōmentum From cognōscō + -mentum.