Julius Caesar's actual name was Gaius Iulius Caesar. Gaius was his praenomen or forename, Iulius his nomen or surname, and Caesar his cognomen, denoting which part of the Iulius family he belonged to.
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Cognomen
//kɒɡˈnoʊ.mən//
Synonyms for "cognomen" (57 found)
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26 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- презиме noun (surname)
- прякор noun (nickname)
German
3 entries- Cognomen noun (the third part of the name of a citizen of ancient Rome)
- Kognomen noun (the third part of the name of a citizen of ancient Rome)
- Nachname noun (surname)
Greek
4 entries- επίθετο noun (surname)
- επώνυμο noun (surname)
- επώνυμο noun (the third part of the name of a citizen of ancient Rome)
- παρανόμι noun (nickname)
Irish
1 entries- forainm noun (nickname)
Italian
3 entries- cognome noun (surname)
- cognome noun (nickname)
- soprannome noun (nickname)
Latin
1 entries- cōgnōmen noun (surname)
Macedonian
2 entries- пре́зиме noun (surname)
- пре́кар noun (nickname)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- etternavn noun (surname)
- familienavn noun (surname)
- kallenavn noun (nickname)
- slektsnavn noun (surname)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- لقب noun (surname)
Russian
1 entries- фами́лия noun (surname)
Spanish
1 entries- cognomen noun (nickname)
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"Five hundred years or more afterwards, the family migrated to Rome under circumstances of which no trace remains, and here, probably with the idea of preserving the idea of vengeance which we find set out in the name of Tisisthenes, they appear to have pretty regularly assumed the cognomen of Vindex, or Avenger."
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The Romans evolved a quite different system of nomenclature, which in its classical form consisted of three names, the praenomen (e.g. Marcus), nomen (e.g. Tullius), and cognomen (e.g. Cicero), and two other designations (the name of the father and of the tribe): […]
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Roman tradition suggests that he might also have had the cognomen Octavian to indicate his biological family.
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