Dictionary entry

Agnomen

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Ag‐no″men (ăg‐nō″mĕn), n. [L.; ad + nomen name.] 1. An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.

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