cocco
Dictionary entries
- Entry →coccus, cocci:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Age:
- Medieval
- Field:
- Agriculture
insect (Coccus ilicis) used for dye; scarlet dye/color; scarlet cloth/wool;
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →coccum, cocci:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
berry (w/Cnidium) of spurge-flax/nettle (Daphne gnidium); berry of scarlet oak;; insect (Coccus ilicis) used for dye; scarlet dye/color; scarlet cloth/wool;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...duxit aeno,pars auro plumata nitet, pars ignea cocco, 125ut mos est Phariis miscendi licia telis.tum famulae numerus..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...quod est poeta, Pullo Mevius alget in cucullo, Cocco mulio fulget Incitatus. LXXVII Nequius a Caro nihil umquam..."Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Oceanum certior audit eques, non nisi uel cocco madida uel murice tincta uest nites et te sic dare..."Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...luxurieris umbilicis, et te purpura delicata uelet, et cocco rubeat superbus index. illo uindice nec Probum timeto. Formonsam..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...ponit uterque in locuplete domo vestigia, rubro ubi cocco tincta super lectos canderet vestis eburnos multaque de magna..."
