31. The name was later used as a cognomen , becoming more frequent in imperial times. 32. "Cicurinus " was the cognomen of a patrician family of the gens. 33. These may be inherited as in the case of Augustus who inherited the cognomen Thurinus. 34. Her cognomen " Magna ", is either from her maternal or paternal grandmother. 35. Her cognomen " Plautia ", she inherited from her mother and her grandmothers. 36. As his adopted son took the same cognomen , Pliny founded a branch, the Plinii Secundi. 37. Most women were called by their nomen alone, or by a combination of nomen and cognomen . 38. Her cognomen Ys�tter came from the swamp Ys�tter ( ) in Asker parish where she was born. 39. According to the nomen and praenomen of his former master retaining his former name as a cognomen . 40. Many other families which used Paullus as a cognomen may originally have used it as a praenomen.