Bocchus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βόκχος (Bókkhos), itself from a Berber name, maybe Central Atlas Tamazight ⵡⴽⴽⵓⵙ (wkkus) or from Tuareg ⴰⵡⵇⵇⴰⵙ (aweqqas).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbok.kʰus/, [ˈbɔkːʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbok.kus/, [ˈbɔkːus]
Proper noun
[edit]Bocchus m sg (genitive Bocchī); second declension
- A king of Mauritania and father-in-law of Jugurtha
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Bocchus |
| genitive | Bocchī |
| dative | Bocchō |
| accusative | Bocchum |
| ablative | Bocchō |
| vocative | Bocche |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- Bocchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Bocchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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- Latin terms derived from Central Atlas Tamazight
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