coccum
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, berry”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkok.kum/, [ˈkɔkːʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkok.kum/, [ˈkɔkːum]
Noun
editcoccum n (genitive coccī); second declension
- a scarlet berry of various plants
- a gall of various trees
- the insect, Coccus ilicis, used for producing dye
- a scarlet dye, or the cloth dyed with it, carmine
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | coccum | cocca |
| Genitive | coccī | coccōrum |
| Dative | coccō | coccīs |
| Accusative | coccum | cocca |
| Ablative | coccō | coccīs |
| Vocative | coccum | cocca |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “coccum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “coccum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- coccum 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)
- coccum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Old English
editNoun
editcoccum
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