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Dictionary entries

  • coccus, cocci:

    Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension

    Frequency:
    Uncommon
    Age:
    Medieval
    Field:
    Agriculture

    = insect (Coccus ilicis) used for dye; scarlet dye/color; scarlet cloth/wool;

    Entry →
    abl. sg.
    dat. sg.
  • 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;

    Entry →
    abl. sg.
    dat. sg.

Examples

  • M

    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..."
  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber X

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...quod est poeta, Pullo Mevius alget in cucullo, Cocco mulio fulget Incitatus. LXXVII Nequius a Caro nihil umquam..."
  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber V

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...Oceanum certior audit eques, non nisi uel cocco madida uel murice tincta uest nites et te sic dare..."
  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber III

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...luxurieris umbilicis, et te purpura delicata uelet, et cocco rubeat superbus index. illo uindice nec Probum timeto. Formonsam..."
  • Q

    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..."

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