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cognomina

Dictionary entries

  • cognomino, cognominare, cognominavi, cognominatus:

    Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive

    Frequency:
    Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = give surname/epithet/sobriquet to person; name, give specific name, call;

    Entry →
    sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
  • cognomen, cognominis:

    Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension

    Frequency:
    Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = surname, family/3rd name; name (additional/derived from a characteristic);

    Entry →
    acc. pl.
    nom. pl.
    voc. pl.

Examples

  • M

    Liber IV

    Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA

    "...miratrixque sui, signauit nomine terras. 655sed maiora dedit cognomina collibus istisPoenum qui Latiis reuocauit ab arcibus hostemScipio..."
  • L

    de Clementia

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI

    "...Patrem Patriae non adulatione vana adducti. Cetera enim cognomina honori data sunt; Magnos et Felices et Augustos diximus..."
  • Publius Papinius Statius

    Liber Primus

    Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE

    "...gavisa tulit praesagaque formae protinus e nostro posuit cognomina caelo. hunc egomet tota quondam (tibi dulce) pharetra improbus..."
  • T

    Liber XXX

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...huius nequaquam uictoria pares insignes imaginum titulos claraque cognomina familiarum fecerunt..."

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