Brocchus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From brocchus, variant of broccus (“buck-toothed person”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbrok.kʰus/, [ˈbrɔkːʰʊs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbrok.kus/, [ˈbrɔkːus]

Proper noun edit

Brocchus m sg (genitive Brocchī); second declension

a cognomen of the gentes Annaea, Furia, Sertoria, and others.
Gaius Sertorius Brocchus

Declension edit

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Brocchus
Genitive	Brocchī
Dative	Brocchō
Accusative	Brocchum
Ablative	Brocchō
Vocative	Brocche

References edit

Brocchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.

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