cocus

English

Noun

cocus

1. Brya ebenus, a Caribbean flowering tree.

Derived terms

• cocuswood

Anagrams

• Cusco

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French

Adjective

cocus

1. masculine plural of cocu

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈko.kus/, [ˈkɔkʊs̠]

Noun

cocus m (genitive cocī); second declension

1. (standard for many, proscribed by others) Alternative form of coquus ("cook").
   • 3rd–4th century, Appendix Probi:

     coqus non cocus

     [Say or write] coqus [sic], not cocus.

Usage notes

The c-spelling is often limited to endings in u as equivalent to quu, while other forms are spelled with qu. Other scribes retained the c throughout.

References

• “cocus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cocus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cocus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• cocus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.