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Agnomen

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Ag-no′men

(ăg-nō′mĕn)
,
Noun.
[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
.