agnomen Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `Ferdinand the Great')

WordNet

Ag*no"men noun
Etymology
L.; ad + nomen name.
Definitions
  1. An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, or 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.

Webster 1913