cocles

See also: Cocles

Latin

Alternative forms

• cocules

Etymology

Referred to oculus with Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Possibly related to Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “cyclops”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈko.kles/, [ˈkɔkɫ̪ɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.kles/, [ˈkɔːkles]
• Homophone: Cocles

Noun

cocles m (genitive coclitis); third declension

1. one-eyed person
2. half-blind person

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cocles	coclitēs
genitive	coclitis	coclitum
dative	coclitī	coclitibus
accusative	coclitem	coclitēs
ablative	coclite	coclitibus
vocative	cocles	coclitēs

Derived terms

• Cocles

 

References

• “cō̆cles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 1 cŏclēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “332/3”
• “cocles”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.