cocus
English
editNoun
editcocus
- Brya ebenus, a Caribbean flowering tree.
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editcocus
Latin
editPronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈko.kus/, [ˈkɔkʊs̠]
Noun
editcocus m (genitive cocī); second declension (Late Latin, proscribed)
- Alternative form of coquus (“cook”)
- 3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi, line 38:
Usage notes
editThe c-spelling is often limited to endings in u as equivalent to quu, while other forms are spelled with qu. Other scribes retained the c throughout.
Declension
editSecond-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cocus | cocī |
Genitive | cocī | cocōrum |
Dative | cocō | cocīs |
Accusative | cocum | cocōs |
Ablative | cocō | cocīs |
Vocative | coce | cocī |
References
edit- “cocus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cocus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cocus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cocus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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