different between cognomen vs designation

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

Borrowed from Middle French designation, from Latin designatio.Morphologically designate +? -ion

Pronunciation

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

Noun

designation (countable and uncountable, plural designations)

1. An act or instance of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication.
2. Selection and appointment for a purpose or office; allotment; direction.

3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.
4. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase.

Translations

Further reading

• designation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.