cottana

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόττανα (kóttana), from a Semitic language; compare Hebrew קָטָן (katán, “small”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkot.ta.na/, [ˈkɔt̪ːänä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkot.ta.na/, [ˈkɔt̪ːänä]

Noun

cottana n pl (genitive cottanōrum); second declension

1. a kind of small Syrian fig

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	cottana
Genitive	cottanōrum
Dative	cottanīs
Accusative	cottana
Ablative	cottanīs
Vocative	cottana

References

• “cottana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cottana”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers