coctilia

Latin

Etymology

From the adjective coctilis; the adjective forms are regularly declined; the noun is a substantivisation of the neuter plural, used elliptically for coctilia ligna (literally “dried firewood”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kokˈti.li.a/, [kɔkˈtɪ.li.a]

Adjective

coctilia

nominative neuter plural of coctilis
accusative neuter plural of coctilis
vocative neuter plural of coctilis

Noun

coctilia n pl (genitive coctilium); third declension

(plural only) very dry wood, that burns without smoke

Declension

Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.

Case	Plural
nominative	coctilia
genitive	coctilium
dative	coctilibus
accusative	coctilia
ablative	coctilibus
vocative	coctilia

Synonyms

(very dry wood, that burns without smoke): ligna acapna

References

coctĭlĭa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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