cognomen

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The Cognomen was put last, and marked the familia; as Cicero, Caesar, etc.

From The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 03: Tiberius by Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius

My Appellation, or pro Nomen, as the Latins term it, is call'd Jeremie; but my Cognomen, in our Mother Tongue, is call'd Sancho.

From The Stolen Heiress or, The Salamanca Doctor Outplotted by Centlivre, Susanna

Cognomen, kog-nō′men, n. a surname: a nickname: a name: the last of the three names of an individual among the Romans, indicating the house or family to which he belonged.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

The Nomen was indicative of the branch of the family distinguished by the Cognomen; while the Prenomen was invented to distinguish one from the rest.

From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac