different between cognomen vs denomination

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cogn?men.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /k???no?.m?n/
• Hyphenation: cog?no?men

Noun

cognomen (plural cognomens or cognomina)

1. Surname.
2. (historical, Ancient Rome) The third part of the name of a citizen of Ancient Rome.
3. A nickname or epithet by which someone is identified.

   Synonyms: byname, moniker, sobriquet

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “cognomen”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• cognomen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

From con- (“together, with”) +? n?men (“name”). The g is from false association with cogn?sc? (“recognize”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ko??no?.men/, [k???no?m?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko???o.men/, [k??????m?n]

Noun

cogn?men n (genitive cogn?minis); third declension

1. surname
2. third part of a formal name
3. an additional name derived from some characteristic

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Related terms

• agn?men
• n?men

Descendants

References

• cognomen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cognomen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cognomen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cognomen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• cognomen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cognomen in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

From Middle English denominacion, from Old French denominacion, from Latin d?n?min?ti?.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??n?m??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

denomination (countable and uncountable, plural denominations)

1. (uncountable) The act of naming or designating.
2. (countable) That by which anything is denominated or styled; an epithet; a name, designation, or title; especially, a general name indicating a class of like individuals
3. (countable, religion) A class, or society of individuals, called by the same name; a sect or religious subgroup.

   Hypernym: sect

   Hyponym: order
4. (countable) A unit in a series of units of weight, money, etc.

Derived terms

• denominational
• denominationalism

Related terms

• denominate

Translations

See also

• name
• appellation
• title
• face value

Further reading

• religious denomination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• denomination (currency) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• denomination in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• denomination in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.