Cocles
See also: cocles
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From cocles (“one-eyed or half-blind person”), possibly from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “cyclops”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.kles/, [ˈkɔkɫ̪ɛs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.kles/, [ˈkɔːkles]
- Homophone: cocles
Proper noun edit
Cocles m sg (genitive Coclitis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Cocles |
| Genitive | Coclitis |
| Dative | Coclitī |
| Accusative | Coclitem |
| Ablative | Coclite |
| Vocative | Cocles |
Descendants edit
- French: Coclès
References edit
- “Cō̆cles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Cocles”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- 2 Cŏclēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “332/3”
- “Cocles” on page 341/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.