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The '''Cognomen''', (Latin) while not a family name, was regularly passed from father to son as a name that said something about the family in a similar way to how the [[agnomen]] said somthing about the individual. It could be defined as the third name<ref>Online Latin Dictionary, ''Cognomen''<br>https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/latin-english-dictionary.php?parola=cognomen</ref> in a four name solution to Roman citizens.
==Example==
An example might be of a family having Gaulish ancestory and still identified as such, so they might add ''galli'' or a derivative thereof onto the family name. Likewise they might add something to indicate having red hair or the likes. Similarly, the name of a god the family acknowledged could be added, an industry or anything the family wished to declare about themselves. Therefore, the cognomen was not the family name, but extra information attached thereto upon which an [[agnomen]] could yet be declared.
==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. See also [[agnomen]].
''Cognitus'', Latin, literally translated "the act of getting to know or become aquainted with".<ref>Online Latin Dictionary, ''cognitus''<br>https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/latin-english-dictionary.php?lemma=COGNITUS100</ref>
Thereby the ''cognomen'' should be considered as a name by which one helps identify the family: ''a meaningful addition to the family name''.
==References==
==Example==
An example might be of a family having Gaulish ancestory and still identified as such, so they might add ''galli'' or a derivative thereof onto the family name. Likewise they might add something to indicate having red hair or the likes. Similarly, the name of a god the family acknowledged could be added, an industry or anything the family wished to declare about themselves. Therefore, the cognomen was not the family name, but extra information attached thereto upon which an [[agnomen]] could yet be declared.
==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. See also [[agnomen]].
''Cognitus'', Latin, literally translated "the act of getting to know or become aquainted with".<ref>Online Latin Dictionary, ''cognitus''<br>https://www.online-latin-dictionary.com/latin-english-dictionary.php?lemma=COGNITUS100</ref>
Thereby the ''cognomen'' should be considered as a name by which one helps identify the family: ''a meaningful addition to the family name''.
==References==