Cocles
See also: cocles
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cocles (“one-eyed or half-blind person”), possibly from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “cyclops”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈko.kles/, [ˈkɔkɫ̪ɛs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.kles/, [ˈkɔːkles]
- Homophone: cocles
Proper noun
[edit]Cocles m sg (genitive Coclitis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Cocles |
| genitive | Coclitis |
| dative | Coclitī |
| accusative | Coclitem |
| ablative | Coclite |
| vocative | Cocles |
Descendants
[edit]- French: Coclès
References
[edit]- “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.