agnomen \ag-NOH-muhn\, noun:
1. A nickname.
2. An additional, fourth name given to a person by the ancient Romans in allusion to some achievement or other circumstance, as “Africanus” in “Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus.”
He was thin in person and low in stature, with light sandy-colored hair, and small pale features, from which he derived his agnomen of Bean or white.
-- Sir Walter Scott, Waverley
Successful Roman generals were frequently given an agnomen celebrating the source of their victories.
-- Waldo E. Sweet, Lectiones Primae
Agnomen comes from the Latin tradition of adding a fourth nickname to someone's given name. Ag- is a variation of the prefix ad- meaning "to" or "near." Nomen means "name."
1。一個綽號。
2。一個額外的，第四名由古羅馬典故給一個人一些成就或其他情況，如“非洲種”，“普布利烏斯科尼利厄斯西皮奧非洲種。”
他很瘦的人，試比高低，淺沙色頭髮，小蒼白功能，從中他得出了Bean或白色的附加名。
- 沃爾特·斯科特爵士，韋弗利
成功的羅馬將軍們經常給出一個附加名，慶祝他們的勝利之源。
- 金都E.甜，Lectiones Primae
附加名來從拉丁傳統的第四個綽號別人的名字。銀是一個廣告，意思是“”或前綴的變化“近了。”nomen意味著“這個名字。”
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