cognomen

The name was later used as a cognomen in many families.

She wore it now as the cognomen of a slave.

He ventures a guess that they might conceal the name or cognomen of a god.

Everyone in our circles uses the cognomen these days, it's chic.

He appears to be the first in his family to bear the cognomen Rufus.

By the late Republic, women also adopted the feminine form of their father's cognomen.

The upper-class usually used the cognomen to refer to one another.

The cognomen of Crane was not inapplicable to his person.

It was probably a personal cognomen, as it does not appear in later times.

The latter used "Caesar" as a cognomen to indicate the family relationship with him.

However, there could be other explanations for this cognomen.

However, the origins of him gaining this cognomen are unknown.

"I agree it is difficult to bear a cognomen meaning a fine head of hair!

As a cognomen, the name survived into Imperial times.

This cognomen is generally thought to refer to a person with a particularly large or prominent nose.

Of course I call him by his cognomen!

His cognomen "Ironside" is not recorded until 1057, but may have been contemporary.

The cognomen started as a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditary.

And it's never been used as a cognomen by anyone-anyone at all."

Last is the cognomen, which can be individual or can refer to a branch of the family.

Sometimes a second or third cognomen, called agnomen, was added.

And it promised to deserve the cognomen Caesar, which meant a fine thick head of hair.

Rufus, which indicates red hair, is a common cognomen.

Other Fannii during this period are mentioned without a cognomen.