different between cognomen vs title

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 title, titel, from Old English titul (“title, heading, superscription”), from Latin titulus (“title, inscription”). Doublet of tilde, tittle, and titulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?tl?/
• Rhymes: -a?t?l
• Hyphenation: ti?tle

Noun

title (plural titles)

1. A prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also Category:Titles
3. (law) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.

4. In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
5. A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
6. The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.

7. A publication.

8. A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.
9. (chiefly in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.

10. (bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
11. The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
12. A division of an act of law

13. (sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:title

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

title (third-person singular simple present titles, present participle titling, simple past and past participle titled)

1. (transitive) To assign a title to; to entitle.

Translations

Anagrams

• t-lite

German

Pronunciation

Verb

title

1. inflection of titeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative