different between cognomen vs praenomen

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

Alternative forms

• prænomen
• prenomen

Etymology

From Latin praenomen, from prae- + nomen.

Noun

praenomen (plural praenomens or praenomina)

1. (historical) An ancient Roman first name.
2. (historical) The throne name of a pharaoh, the fourth of the five names of the royal titulary, traditionally encircled by a cartouche and preceded by the title nswt-bjtj.
3. (zoology) The genus name put before the species name.

Related terms

• nomen
• cognomen

Translations

Latin

Etymology

prae- (“before”) +? n?men (“name”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prae??no?.men/, [p?äe??no?m?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pre?no.men/, [p???n??m?n]

Noun

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

1. An ancient Roman first name.

Declension

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

Related terms

• agn?men
• n?men
• cogn?men

References

• praenomen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• praenomen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praenomen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• praenomen in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• praenomen in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin