Agnomen

[Lat., a surname.] Was, in ancient Rome, the fourth or honorary name bestowed on account of some extraordinary action, virtue, or accomplishment. Thus the A. African us was given to Public us Cornel i us Scipio, on account of his exploits in Africa. Agnomina'tion, n. Allusion of one word to another, by resemblance of sound. Agno'ni, a town of S. Italy, 18 m. N.N.E. of Isernia. Agnostic, ( ag - nos'tik , or a-nostik.) [Gr. a priv ., and gnostikos , good at knowing, from gignosko , to know.] One of a school of thinkers who disclaim any knowledge of God, or of the origin of the universe. They hold that the mind is limited to an a posterior i knowledge of phenomena, and that the infinite is beyond its range, of a lion, allied to the dog.