coctilia
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom the adjective coctilis; the adjective forms are regularly declined; the noun is a substantivisation of the neuter plural, used elliptically for coctilia ligna (literally “dried firewood”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kokˈti.li.a/, [kɔkˈt̪ɪlʲiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kokˈti.li.a/, [kokˈt̪iːliä]
Adjective
editcoctilia
Noun
editcoctilia n pl (genitive coctilium); third declension
- (plural only) very dry wood, that burns without smoke
Declension
editThird-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.
Case | Plural |
---|---|
Nominative | coctilia |
Genitive | coctilium |
Dative | coctilibus |
Accusative | coctilia |
Ablative | coctilibus |
Vocative | coctilia |
Synonyms
edit- (very dry wood, that burns without smoke): ligna acapna
References
edit- “coctĭlĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press