cocistro

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Latin

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Etymology

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From *coquaster +‎ -ō (suffix forming appellations), from coquus (“cook”) +‎ -aster. Attested directly only in the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville (7th century).

Noun

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cocistrō m (genitive cocistrōnis); third declension (Late Latin)

  1. A slave charged to taste the dishes

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cocistrō cocistrōnēs
Genitive cocistrōnis cocistrōnum
Dative cocistrōnī cocistrōnibus
Accusative cocistrōnem cocistrōnēs
Ablative cocistrōne cocistrōnibus
Vocative cocistrō cocistrōnēs

Descendants

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  • Old French: coistron

References

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  • cocistro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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