Cognomen, pen. prod huius cognóminis, pen. cor. Cic.A surname added, to that one hath of his father. Accipere cognomen. Plin. Cognomen addere alicui.Liu.To surname.Asciscere cognomen alicuius rei. Sil. To take the surname of any thing.Collocaie cognomen pro certo nomine. Author ad Heren. Consenescit cum huius cognomine cognomen Crassi.Cic.Weareth out of remembraunce. Dare cognomen. Plin. Deligere cognomen ex imaginibus.Cic.Dicere cognomine.Virg.To surname.Alicuius cognomine dici.Virg.To be named after one.Saprentis cognomen habere.Cic.To be surnamed the wise.Imponere cognomen alicui. Horat. To giue him.Inuênit cognomen torque detracta Manlius.Cic.He got.Manet cognomen alicui, Vide MANEO.Patrum cognomen hæreditarium erit.Cic.Præ se ferre laudem ipso cognomine.Cic.Alteri Capitoni cognomen est.Cic.The other is surnamed Capito.Sumere cognomen ex aliqua re.Cic.Trahere cognomen ex contumelia.Cic.Vn cognomine generis.Cic. Cognomen etiam herbæ additum.Surnamed. Plin. Est & altera cyclaminos, cognomine cissanthemos.
Cognómino, cognóminas pen. cor. cognominâre. Plin. To giue a surname.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
cognōmen, ĭnis, n. [co-nomen]. I.A name added to the nomen (or name of the gens), usu. the third word in order in the full name of each citizen; sometimes followed by a fourth, the agnomen, but in the class. per. including the agnomen, a Roman surname, family name, epithet (e. g. Cicero, Scipio, etc., Africanus, Asiaticus, etc.; cf. Quint. 7, 3, 27; freq. and class.): T. Manlius, qui Galli torque detracto cognomen (sc. Torquati) invenit, Cic. Off. 3, 31, 112; cf. id. Fin. 1, 7, 23: duo isti T. Roscii, quorum alteri Capitoni cognomen est, id. Rosc. Am. 6, 17; so with dat., Liv. 2, 33, 5; 32, 2, 7; Suet. Caes. 59; id. Aug. 7; id. Vit. 18; id. Claud. 26; Hor. S. 1, 3, 58; cf. Plaut. Pers. 1, 2, 8: sapientis habere, Cic. Lael. 2, 6: Augusti, Suet. Aug. 7: Arabiae felicis dare, Plin. 12, 13, 30, 51: Felicem addere, id. 22, 6, 6, 12: P. Crassus cum cognomine Dives, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 57: cognomen ex contumeliā traxerit, id. Phil. 3, 6, 16; so, ex vero dictum cognomen, Hor. S. 2, 2, 56: imponere alicui, id. ib. 2, 3, 26: Aristides... cognomine Justus sit appellatus, Nep. Arist. 1, 2: sumere ex aliquā re, Cic. Phil. 6, 4, 11: uti, id Clu. 26, 72.—II.Meton., poet., or in post. Aug. prose sometimes, in gen. for nomen, a name: cognomina prisca locorum, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 69; so Verg. A. 1, 530; 3, 133; 3, 163; 3, 334; 3, 350; 8, 48; 8, 331 al.; Claud. B. Get. 555; Gell. 10, 12, 6.
cognōmĭno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.]. I.To furnish with a surname, to surname, denominate (mostly post-Aug.; only once in Cic.): amaracum Phrygium, Plin. 21, 11, 39, 67; 21, 3, 7, 10; Quint. 4, 1, 2; Suet. Tib. 17.—In part. pass.: quo ex facto ipse posterique ejus Torquati sunt cognominati, Quadr. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 19; Suet. Aug. 7; Plin. 35, 10, 37, 112; 33, 10, 17, 133; Flor. 3, 5, 1: verba cognominata, i. e. synonyms, Cic. Part. Or. 15, 53.—II. Rarely in gen., to name, call: Macedonia... Emathia cognominata est, Just. 7, 1, 1; so id. 15, 2, 11; Gell. 2, 22, 8.