coccum

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, grain, seed, berry).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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, carmine

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coccum cocca
Genitive coccī coccōrum
Dative coccō coccīs
Accusative coccum cocca
Ablative coccō coccīs
Vocative coccum cocca

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • coccum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

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Noun

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coccum

  1. dative plural of cocc