cognomentum Latin · revision 32372

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la cognōscō}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cognōmentum''' ''n'' (genitive cognōmentī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ The OLD, the TLL and Wiktionary take it as [[af|la|cognōscō|-mentum|t1=to get to know]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) Lewis & Short treat it as a by-form of [[m|la|cognōmen|t=surname]], and de Vaan lists both among the compounds of [[m|la|nōmen|t=name]], noting that their ⟨g⟩ was taken from [[m|la|cognōscō]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008) Isidore of Seville explains it as a name added to the personal name for the sake of recognition, or as one that goes with the name.^(TLL)^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it first, in the ''Persa'', of the cognomen of the stubborn Capitones.^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a surname or cognomen, and also a nickname, as Gellius tells of a Diodorus who was called Cronus.^(OLD 2012) Varro uses it of a cult title of Liber, and Tacitus of the name of a people.^(OLD 2012) Tacitus also uses it of a derived name, as he reports that the Idaei were called Iudaei by a barbarous lengthening, and simply of a name, as the Waal is the name the neighbouring peoples give one branch of the Rhine.^(OLD 2012) Lewis & Short note that it is rare in classical prose, absent from Cicero and most frequent in Tacitus.^(Lewis & Short 1879) In medieval texts it means the same as [[cognomen|alt=cognōmen]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a family cognomen.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro of a cult title of Liber.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus of names of peoples and rivers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 165 AD – Gellius of a nickname.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|surname]], cognomen; a [[m|en|nickname]]; a cult title of a god; a distinguishing name.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A derived or allusive name.^(OLD 2012)

+ # A name.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}