Cocceius

Latin

Etymology

Possibly a stand-in for Cotteius (cf. the confusion of Attius and Accius). If so, then from Cotta.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kokˈkeː.i.us/, [kɔkˈkeːiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kotˈt͡ʃe.i.us/, [kotˈt͡ʃɛːius]

Proper noun

Coccēius m sg (genitive Coccēiī or Coccēī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Marcus Cocceius Nerva, a Roman emperor

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Coccēius
Genitive	Coccēiī Coccēī1
Dative	Coccēiō
Accusative	Coccēium
Ablative	Coccēiō
Vocative	Coccēī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Adjective

Coccēius (feminine Coccēia, neuter Coccēium); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to the gens Coccēius.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Coccēius	Coccēia	Coccēium		Coccēiī	Coccēiae	Coccēia
Genitive	Coccēiī	Coccēiae	Coccēiī		Coccēiōrum	Coccēiārum	Coccēiōrum
Dative	Coccēiō		Coccēiō		Coccēiīs
Accusative	Coccēium	Coccēiam	Coccēium		Coccēiōs	Coccēiās	Coccēia
Ablative	Coccēiō	Coccēiā	Coccēiō		Coccēiīs
Vocative	Coccēie	Coccēia	Coccēium		Coccēiī	Coccēiae	Coccēia

Derived terms

• Coccēia

References

• “Cocceius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cocceius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Chase, George David (1897) "The Origin of Roman Praenomina". Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. VIII.