Cocles

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Latin

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Etymology

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From cocles (one-eyed or half-blind person), possibly from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, cyclops).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Cocles m sg (genitive Coclitis); third declension

  1. One-Eyed, an agnomen

Declension

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Cocles
Genitive Coclitis
Dative Coclitī
Accusative Coclitem
Ablative Coclite
Vocative Cocles

Descendants

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  • French: Coclès

References

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  • 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.