Agnomen

[æg'nәumen]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `Ferdinand the Great').

編輯:兰德尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.

(n.) An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just.

戴维斯整理

解釋/意思:

n. a surname added to the family name generally on account of some great exploit as Africanus to P. Cornelius Scipio.

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