Roman cognomen

C13505
concept

A Roman cognomen is the third part of a traditional Roman male name, originally a nickname that evolved into a hereditary family branch identifier within a gens.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Roman cognomen canonical 30
ancient Roman cognomen 26
ancient Roman family branch 21

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: Roman cognomen
Generated description
A Roman cognomen is the third part of a traditional Roman male name, originally a nickname that evolved into a hereditary family branch identifier within a gens.

Instances (86)

Instance Via concept surface
Ahenobarbus
Aemilii Scauri ancient Roman family branch
Rufinus ancient Roman cognomen
Catulus
Scipio
Claudianus
Claudii Pulchri ancient Roman family branch
Domna
Metelli ancient Roman family branch
Asiaticus
Latin cognomen Maurus
surface form: Maurus
Latin cognomen
Paulla ancient Roman cognomen
Marcellinus Roman agnomen
Dalmatica
Catonis Latin cognomen
Julii Libones ancient Roman family branch
Cornelii Balbi ancient Roman family branch
Laeca ancient Roman cognomen
Porcii Laecae ancient Roman family branch
Junii Bruti ancient Roman family branch
Licinianus
Cato ancient Roman cognomen
Claudius Pulcher family branch ancient Roman family branch
Poplicola
Aemilii Barbulae ancient Roman family branch
Scaurus ancient Roman cognomen
Barbula ancient Roman cognomen
Aemilii Buca ancient Roman family branch
Aemilii Regilli ancient Roman family branch
Mamercinus ancient Roman cognomen
Carbo ancient Roman cognomen
Quintilius
Mus
Quintianus
Laevinus
Luscinus