coccum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, berry”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkok.kum/, [ˈkɔk.kũ]

Noun

coccum n (genitive coccī); second declension

1. a scarlet berry of various plants
2. a gall of various trees
3. the insect, Coccus ilicis, used for producing dye
4. a scarlet dye, or the cloth dyed with it

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	coccum	cocca
genitive	coccī	coccōrum
dative	coccō	coccīs
accusative	coccum	cocca
ablative	coccō	coccīs
vocative	coccum	cocca

Derived terms

• coccinus

Descendants

• Albanian: kokë
• Aromanian: coacã
• French: coque
• Galician: coco

• Italian: cocco
• Sicilian: cocciu
• Welsh: coch

References

• coccum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• coccum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• coccum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• coccum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette