cocles
See also: Cocles
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Referred to oculus with Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Possibly related to Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “cyclops”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.kles/, [ˈkɔkɫ̪ɛs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.kles/, [ˈkɔːkles]
- Homophone: Cocles
Noun edit
cocles m (genitive coclitis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cocles | coclitēs |
Genitive | coclitis | coclitum |
Dative | coclitī | coclitibus |
Accusative | coclitem | coclitēs |
Ablative | coclite | coclitibus |
Vocative | cocles | coclitēs |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “cō̆cles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 1 cŏclēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “332/3”
- “cocles”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.