| 单词 |
cognominate |
| 释义 |
▪ I. † cogˈnominate, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. cognōmināt-us, pa. pple. of cognōmināre to surname.]
Formed as, or of the nature of, a cognomen or descriptive appellation.
1610W. Folkingham Art of Survey iii. i. 65 Vocall Propriety, denotates, the Properties of particulars by due Appellation, which is either Nominate or Cognominate..The Second deduces deriuation from Forme, Site, Climate, Season, Person..as Harpe-Close, Mountacute..Bel-Acre. 1632Lithgow Trav. ii. 68 It was anciently cognominate Agalia from Agalius the first King.
▪ II. cognominate, v.|kɒgˈnɒmɪneɪt|
[f. L. cognōmināt- (see prec.) + -ate3.]
trans. a. To give a cognomen or surname to; to nickname. b. loosely. To name, style, call.
1609Man in Moone (1849) 7 He cognominated him Opinion. 1632Lithgow Trav. ix. 384 It is now called Sicilia..By Diodorus Siculus, it was cognominated the Paragon of Iles. 1849De Quincey Wks. IV. 327 Under this eminent man, whom in Greek I cognominated Cyclops diphrélates. |
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