Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Italic *kaɣjom, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (enclosure). Doublet of caium.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cohum n (genitive cohī); second declension

  1. The thong or strap used to attach a pole to a yoke

Declension edit

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cohum coha
Genitive cohī cohōrum
Dative cohō cohīs
Accusative cohum coha
Ablative cohō cohīs
Vocative cohum coha

Related terms edit

References edit

  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
  • cohum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cohum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cohum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.