coclea

See also: cóclea and còclea

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”). See also chiocciola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.kle.a/
• Rhymes: -ɔklea
• Hyphenation: cò‧cle‧a

Noun

coclea f (plural coclee)

1. (anatomy) cochlea
2. Archimedes screw

   Synonym: vite di Archimede

Related terms

• cocleare

Anagrams

• Colace, eccola

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈko.kle.a/, [ˈkɔkɫ̪eä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.kle.a/, [ˈkɔːkleä]

Noun

coclea f (genitive cocleae); first declension

1. Alternative form of cochlea (“a snail, spiral”).

Inflection

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	coclea	cocleae
genitive	cocleae	cocleārum
dative	cocleae	cocleīs
accusative	cocleam	cocleās
ablative	cocleā	cocleīs
vocative	coclea	cocleae

References

• “coclea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “coclea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• coclea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “coclea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “coclea”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin