agnome

Japanese: agnomen
agnome

…Cicero means bean, and is thought to have been a nickname for a man with a pockmarked face, which became his surname. Personal nicknames and agnomens were added after this. Scipio Publius Cornelius Scipio was given the agnomen Africanus because he fought against Hannibal in Africa, and his younger brother Lucius Cornelius Scipio, who invaded Asia Minor, was given the agnomen Asiaticus. …

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Japanese:

…キケロとは豆の意味であばた面のあだ名が姓となったと考えられる。個人的あだ名,おくり名(アグノメンagnomen)はこの後に添えられる。スキピオPublius Cornelius Scipioはハンニバルとアフリカで戦ったことからアフリカヌスというアグノメンがつけられ,小アジアに遠征した弟ルキウスLucius Cornelius Scipioにはアシアティクスというアグノメンが贈られた。…

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