Hypertext Webster Gateway: "agnomen"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Agnomen \Ag*no"men\ ([a^]g*n[=o]"m[e^]n), n. [L.; ad + nomen
name.]
1. An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on
account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius
Caius Scipio Africanus.
2. An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as,
Aristides the Just.
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