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An '''Agnomen''' is an honoury fourth name that may be attached to a Roman citizen's name. An agnomen was often treated like a '''nickname''' and generally denoted a '''characteristic''' or some achievement.
==Example==
An example might be of a soldier being given an agnomen of ''Carnifex'' (butcher)<ref>Google Translate,''Carnifex''<br>https://translate.google.com/m?sl=la&tl=en&hl=en-US&q=carnifex</ref><ref>Online Latin Dictionary, ''carnifex''<br>https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/latin-english-dictionary.php?parola=nomen</ref> such as when young [[Pompey]] was touted in [[Rome]] as "the teenage carnifex". In modern times, military pilots as with other soldiers, oft have their names appear with their callsign attached to the end as an indication of some event or characteristic: this is rightly an ''agnomen''.
==Etymology==
''Nomen'', Latin, literally translated "''Name''"<ref>Online Latin Dictionary, ''nomen''<br>https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/latin-english-dictionary.php?parola=nomen</ref> but in light of the [[praenomen]], the [[nomen]] should be considered as a family name.
''Agnosco'', Latin, literally translated "to recognize", "to realize", "to decern".<ref>Online Latin Dictionary, ''Agnosco''<br>https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/latin-english-dictionary.php?parola=agnosco</ref>
Thereby the ''agnomen'' should be considered as a name by which one is recognized: ''a meaningful nickname'' that has a direct bearing upon the person named.
==References==
==Example==
An example might be of a soldier being given an agnomen of ''Carnifex'' (butcher)<ref>Google Translate,''Carnifex''<br>https://translate.google.com/m?sl=la&tl=en&hl=en-US&q=carnifex</ref><ref>Online Latin Dictionary, ''carnifex''<br>https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/latin-english-dictionary.php?parola=nomen</ref> such as when young [[Pompey]] was touted in [[Rome]] as "the teenage carnifex". In modern times, military pilots as with other soldiers, oft have their names appear with their callsign attached to the end as an indication of some event or characteristic: this is rightly an ''agnomen''.
==Etymology==
''Nomen'', Latin, literally translated "''Name''"<ref>Online Latin Dictionary, ''nomen''<br>https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/latin-english-dictionary.php?parola=nomen</ref> but in light of the [[praenomen]], the [[nomen]] should be considered as a family name.
''Agnosco'', Latin, literally translated "to recognize", "to realize", "to decern".<ref>Online Latin Dictionary, ''Agnosco''<br>https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/latin-english-dictionary.php?parola=agnosco</ref>
Thereby the ''agnomen'' should be considered as a name by which one is recognized: ''a meaningful nickname'' that has a direct bearing upon the person named.
==References==