Cossura

Latin

Alternative forms

• Cossyra, Cosura, Cosyra

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κόσσουρα (Kóssoura).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kosˈsuː.ra/, [kɔs̠ˈs̠uːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kosˈsu.ra/, [kosˈsuːrä]

Proper noun

Cossūra f sg (genitive Cossūrae); first declension

1. A small island in the Mediterranean Sea, now Pantelleria

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cossūra
Genitive	Cossūrae
Dative	Cossūrae
Accusative	Cossūram
Ablative	Cossūrā
Vocative	Cossūra

Derived terms

• Cossūrēnsis

References

• “Cossura”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Cosura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.