broccus

Latin

Alternative forms

• brocchus, brochus

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Gaulish *brokkos, from Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbrok.kus/, [ˈbrɔkːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbrok.kus/, [ˈbrɔkːus]

Noun

broccus m (genitive broccī); second declension

1. A person having projecting teeth, a buck-toothed person

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	broccus	broccī
Genitive	broccī	broccōrum
Dative	broccō	broccīs
Accusative	broccum	broccōs
Ablative	broccō	broccīs
Vocative	brocce	broccī

Adjective

broccus (feminine brocca, neuter broccum); first/second-declension adjective

1. having projecting teeth, buck-toothed
   • c. 2C. BC, Plautus, Sitellitergus (very short fragment):

     Bea mihi insignitos pueros pariat postea aut varum aut valgum aut compernem aut paetum aut brocchum filium.

     Well, remarkable boys she'd bear me after that, maybe a bow-legged, or knock-kneed, or thunder-thighed, or squint-eyed or buck-toothed kid.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	broccus	brocca	broccum		broccī	broccae	brocca
Genitive	broccī	broccae	broccī		broccōrum	broccārum	broccōrum
Dative	broccō		broccō		broccīs
Accusative	broccum	broccam	broccum		broccōs	broccās	brocca
Ablative	broccō	broccā	broccō		broccīs
Vocative	brocce	brocca	broccum		broccī	broccae	brocca

Derived terms

• broccitas

Descendants

• Catalan: broc, broca
• French: broche
  • → Spanish: broche
• Galician: broco, broca; broche (from French)
• Italian: brocco

References

• broccus 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)