I.to name over again, change the name of a person or thing to something else (post-Aug.): “Septembrem mensem et Octobrem ex appellation ibus suis Germanicum Domitianumque transnominavit,” Suet. Dom. 13 fin.; so id. Gram. 18: “qui prior et Christum suum in homines annuntiaret et Jesum transnominaret,” Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 39 init.
trans-nōmĭno , āvi, 1, v. a.,