coccum
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;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - 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;
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...istius nominis modum: non igitur iam usque ad Coccum et Andociden remittemur. XXII. Interrogare tamen velim an Isocrates..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...purpuris repit? Nondum prima verba exprimit, iam coccum intellegit, iam conchylium poscit. VII. Ante palatum eorum quam..."
