agnomentum

Latin

Etymology

From agnōscō +‎ -mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aɡ.noˈmen.tum/, [äŋnɔˈmɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɲoˈmen.tum/, [äɲːoˈmɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

agnōmentum n (genitive agnōmentī); second declension

1. nickname (especially one denoting an achievement or characteristic)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	agnōmentum	agnōmenta
genitive	agnōmentī	agnōmentōrum
dative	agnōmentō	agnōmentīs
accusative	agnōmentum	agnōmenta
ablative	agnōmentō	agnōmentīs
vocative	agnōmentum	agnōmenta

Descendants

• Spanish: agnomento

References

• “agnomentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• agnomentum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• agnomentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.