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επώνυμο — meaning in English

eponymo

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English meaning

  • cognomen noun An extra name given to an Ancient Roman, added to their first and family names, often to show which clan they belonged to.
  • surname noun A person's family name, usually shared with relatives and passed down through generations.

Senses

επώνυμο is used for these senses in English:

  • cognomen (historical) A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.
  • surname The portion of a person's name that is generally hereditary or treated as an indicator of a person's family, which may be shared with other members of the family, or otherwise derived from their names in some fashion; distinguished from that person's given name(s).

cognomen — full definition

  1. noun An extra name given to an Ancient Roman, added to their first and family names, often to show which clan they belonged to.
  2. noun A nickname, used in the same way as the extra names ancient Romans had.
  3. noun A family name, used in the same way as a surname.
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