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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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Plautus, Persa, 1.2
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 4.2
    • Tacitus, Annales, 12.55
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.31
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 5.2
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 4.2
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 2.5
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 18.4.4
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 18.7.1
    • Seneca the Elder, Suasoriae, 2
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