cognomen in a sentence

Examples

1. The name was later used as a cognomen, becoming more frequent in imperial times.
2. "Cicurinus " was the cognomen of a patrician family of the gens.
3. These may be inherited as in the case of Augustus who inherited the cognomen Thurinus.
4. Her cognomen " Magna ", is either from her maternal or paternal grandmother.
5. Her cognomen " Plautia ", she inherited from her mother and her grandmothers.
6. As his adopted son took the same cognomen, Pliny founded a branch, the Plinii Secundi.
7. Most women were called by their nomen alone, or by a combination of nomen and cognomen.
8. Her cognomen Ys�tter came from the swamp Ys�tter ( ) in Asker parish where she was born.
9. According to the nomen and praenomen of his former master retaining his former name as a cognomen.
10. Many other families which used Paullus as a cognomen may originally have used it as a praenomen.