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cognōmĭno , āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id..
I. To furnish with a surname, to surname, denominate (mostly post-Aug.; “only once in Cic.): amaracum Phrygium,” Plin. 21, 11, 39, § 67; 21, 3, 7, § 10; * Quint. 4, 1, 2; Suet. Tib. 17.—In part. pass.: quo ex facto ipse posterique ejus Torquati sunt cognominati, Quadr. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 19; Suet. Aug. 7; Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 112; 33, 10, 17, § 133; Flor. 3, 5, 1: verba cognominata, i. e. synonyms, * Cic. Part. Or. 15, 53.—
II. Rarely in gen., to name, call: “Macedonia... Emathia cognominata est,” Just. 7, 1, 1; so id. 15, 2, 11; Gell. 2, 22, 8.
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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    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 7
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 17
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.67
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 21.10
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 1.2
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 2.22.8
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 9.13.19
    • Cicero, Partitiones Oratoriae, 15.53
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