coccinus

Latin

Alternative forms

• coccineus

Etymology

From coccum +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkok.ki.nus/, [ˈkɔkːɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkot.t͡ʃi.nus/, [ˈkɔtː͡ʃinus]

Adjective

coccinus (feminine coccina, neuter coccinum); first/second-declension adjective

1. scarlet, scarlet-dyed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	coccinus	coccina	coccinum		coccinī	coccinae	coccina
Genitive	coccinī	coccinae	coccinī		coccinōrum	coccinārum	coccinōrum
Dative	coccinō		coccinō		coccinīs
Accusative	coccinum	coccinam	coccinum		coccinōs	coccinās	coccina
Ablative	coccinō	coccinā	coccinō		coccinīs
Vocative	coccine	coccina	coccinum		coccinī	coccinae	coccina

Derived terms

• coccinella

Descendants

(inherited Romance descendants)

• Aromanian: coatsin
• Ladin: cueciun, chécen
• Romanian: coacin
• Romansch: cotschen, tgietschen

(through the Scientific Latin derivative Coccinella)

• French: coccinelle
• Italian: coccinella
• Translingual: Coccinella

(possible descendants through a derivative form, likely through Spanish cochinilla)

• Azerbaijani: koşenil
• Catalan: cotxinilla
• Danish: cochenille
• Dutch: cochenille
• English: cochineal
• Finnish: kokenilli
• French: cochenille

• German: Koschenille
• Ido: kochenilo
• Italian: cocciniglia
• Polish: koszenila
• Portuguese: cochinilha, cochonilha
• Quechua: khuchinilla

• Russian: кошениль (košenilʹ)
• Spanish: cochinilla
• Swedish: koschenill
• Ukrainian: кошеніль (košenilʹ)

References

• “coccinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers