Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Agnomen

Agnomen (ag*nō"men) , noun

[Latin; ad + nomen name.]

1.
An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus.
2.
An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just.