coccum
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, berry”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkok.kum/, [ˈkɔk.kũ]
Noun
coccum 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
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | coccum | cocca |
| genitive | coccī | coccōrum |
| dative | coccō | coccīs |
| accusative | coccum | cocca |
| ablative | coccō | coccīs |
| vocative | coccum | cocca |
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- 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, 1883–1887)
- coccum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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