Crossword-Solution: AGNOMEN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Agnomen | n. | An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus. |
| Agnomen | n. | An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just. |
We have 14 clues for the answer “AGNOMEN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| ADDITIONAL name | 1 answer |
| Additional epithet | 1 answer |
| Additional honorary Roman name. | 1 answer |
| Additional name given to famous Romans. | 1 answer |
| NAME given in recognition of a great deed or conquest | 1 answer |
| an additional name or an epithet appended to a name | 1 answer |
| name used by ancient Romans | 1 answer |
| Namesake | 6 answers |
| Name tag? | 7 answers |
| Moniker | 8 answers |
| family name | 11 answers |
| Epithet | 12 answers |
| Nickname | 30 answers |
| Label | 43 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
ARAE
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with AGNOMEN (5)
Otherwise I should have been excessively diverted by the dialogue which you have reported with so much vivacity; the accusation; the predictions; and the elegant agnomen of "the novel-reader" for which I am indebted to this incognito.
Every great prophet has his agnomen: Adam the Pure (or Elect) of Allah, Noah the Nájiy (or saved) of Allah; Moses (Kalím) the Speaker with Allah; Jesus the Rúh (Spirit breath) or Kalám (the word) of Allah.
Sometimes there was a fourth name, properly called the Agnomen, but sometimes likewise Cognomen, which was added on account of some illustrious action or remarkable event.
Thus also, Quintus Fabius Maximus received the Agnomen of Cunctator, from his checking the victorious career of Hannibal by avoiding a battle.
The Cognomen was put last, and marked the familia; as Cicero, Caesar, etc.] Some gentes appear to have had no surname, as the Marian; and gens and familia seem sometimes to be put one for the other; as the Fabia gens, or Fabia familia.] Sometimes there was a fourth name, properly called the Agnomen, but sometimes likewise Cognomen, which was added on account of some illustrious action or remarkable event.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal.
Used 11 times in crossword archives (1943–2007).