coccinus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From coccum + -īnus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkok.ki.nus/, [ˈkɔk.kɪ.nʊs]

Adjective

coccinus (feminine coccina, neuter coccinum); first/second declension

  1. scarlet, scarlet-dyed

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative coccinus coccina coccinum coccinī coccinae coccina
Genitive coccinī coccinae coccinī coccinōrum coccinārum coccinōrum
Dative coccinō coccinae coccinō coccinīs coccinīs coccinīs
Accusative coccinum coccinam coccinum coccinōs coccinās coccina
Ablative coccinō coccinā coccinō coccinīs coccinīs coccinīs
Vocative coccine coccina coccinum coccinī coccinae coccina

Derived terms

Descendants

(inherited Romance descendants)

(through the Scientific Latin derivative Coccinella)

(possible descendants through a derivative form, likely through Spanish cochinilla)

  • Russian: кошениль (košenilʹ)
  • Spanish: cochinilla
  • Swedish: koschenill
  • Ukrainian: кошеніль (košenilʹ)

References

  • coccinus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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