cotta
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin cotta (“clerical tunic”).
Noun
cotta (plural cottas)
- A surplice, in England and America usually one shorter and less full than the ordinary surplice and with short sleeves, or sometimes none.
- 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus 2014, p. 131:
- ‘The confidence of the very rich,’ thought Father Carter watching Binkie shaking out albs and cottas and calling rather loudly to the organist.
- 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus 2014, p. 131:
- A kind of coarse woollen blanket.
Italian
Noun
cotta f (plural cotte)
Derived terms
- cotta d'arme (“surcoat”)
- cotta di maglia (“chain mail”)
- prendersi una cotta (“to have a crush (on someone)”)
Latin
Alternative forms
- cota, cottus
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Germanic *kuttô (“cowl, woolen cloth, coat”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkot.ta/, [ˈkɔt.ta]
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cotta | cottae |
Genitive | cottae | cottārum |
Dative | cottae | cottīs |
Accusative | cottam | cottās |
Ablative | cottā | cottīs |
Vocative | cotta | cottae |
Descendants
References
- Blaise, Albert (1975), “cota”, in Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs du moyen-âge: lexicon latinitatis medii aevi (Corpus christianorum) (in Latin, French), Turnhout: Brepols, page 259
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “cottus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 278
- cotta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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