coquo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈko.kʷoː/, [ˈkɔkʷoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.kwo/, [ˈkɔːkwo]

Etymology 1

From earlier *quoquō, from Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti by /*p - *kʷ/ assimilation (compare quīnque, from *pénkʷe), from *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”). Cognate with Sanskrit पचति (pácati), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (pacaⁱti), Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō), Tocharian B päk-, Proto-Slavic *peťi, Albanian pjek.

Alternative forms

• cocō (Late Latin)

Verb

coquō (present infinitive coquere, perfect active coxī, supine coctum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to cook; prepare food
2. (transitive) to ripen
3. (transitive) to roast, dry

Conjugation

Conjugation of coquō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	coquō	coquis	coquit	coquimus	coquitis	coquunt
	imperfect	coquēbam	coquēbās	coquēbat	coquēbāmus	coquēbātis	coquēbant
	future	coquam	coquēs	coquet	coquēmus	coquētis	coquent
	perfect	coxī	coxistī	coxit	coximus	coxistis	coxērunt, coxēre
	pluperfect	coxeram	coxerās	coxerat	coxerāmus	coxerātis	coxerant
	future perfect	coxerō	coxeris	coxerit	coxerimus	coxeritis	coxerint
passive	present	coquor	coqueris, coquere	coquitur	coquimur	coquiminī	coquuntur
	imperfect	coquēbar	coquēbāris, coquēbāre	coquēbātur	coquēbāmur	coquēbāminī	coquēbantur
	future	coquar	coquēris, coquēre	coquētur	coquēmur	coquēminī	coquentur
	perfect	coctus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	coctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	coctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	coquam	coquās	coquat	coquāmus	coquātis	coquant
	imperfect	coquerem	coquerēs	coqueret	coquerēmus	coquerētis	coquerent
	perfect	coxerim	coxerīs	coxerit	coxerīmus	coxerītis	coxerint
	pluperfect	coxissem	coxissēs	coxisset	coxissēmus	coxissētis	coxissent
passive	present	coquar	coquāris, coquāre	coquātur	coquāmur	coquāminī	coquantur
	imperfect	coquerer	coquerēris, coquerēre	coquerētur	coquerēmur	coquerēminī	coquerentur
	perfect	coctus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	coctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	coque	—	—	coquite	—
	future	—	coquitō	coquitō	—	coquitōte	coquuntō
passive	present	—	coquere	—	—	coquiminī	—
	future	—	coquitor	coquitor	—	—	coquuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		coquere	coxisse	coctūrum esse	coquī	coctum esse	coctum īrī
participles		coquēns	—	coctūrus	—	coctus	coquendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		coquendī	coquendō	coquendum	coquendō	coctum	coctū

Derived terms

• coctilis
• coctus
• coquīna
• coquus
• excoquō
• incoquō

Descendants

(See also cocō.)

• Old French: cuire

Etymology 2

Noun

coquō

1. dative/ablative singular of coquus

References

• “coquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “coquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• coquo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.