Ufafanuzi wa kamusi wa neno "cognomen" ni jina la ukoo au jina la familia, hasa linalomtofautisha mtu na wanafamilia wengine, au jina la utani au epithet aliyopewa mtu kulingana na sifa au mafanikio yake. Katika Roma ya kale, cognomen lilikuwa jina la tatu la raia wa Kirumi, lililotumiwa kutofautisha watu wa tawi fulani la familia.

Sentence Examples

1. Hereafter a very notorious Roman Emperor will institute this worship in Rome, and thence derive a cognomen, Heliogabalus.

2. The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person.