soccus
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek σύκχος (súkkhos, “a kind of shoe”), probably from Phrygian, Anatolian, or another substrate language from Asia Minor.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈsok.kus/, [ˈs̠ɔkːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈsok.kus/, [ˈsɔkːus]
Noun
[edit]soccus m (genitive soccī); second declension
- soccus, a kind of slipper particularly worn by comedic actors
- (metonymically) comedy
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | soccus | soccī |
genitive | soccī | soccōrum |
dative | soccō | soccīs |
accusative | soccum | soccōs |
ablative | soccō | soccīs |
vocative | socce | soccī |
Derived terms
[edit]- socculus (diminutive)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “soccus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “soccus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- soccus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- soccus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “soccus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “soccus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Phrygian
- Latin terms derived from Anatolian languages
- Latin terms derived from substrate languages
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- Latin metonyms
- la:Footwear
- la:Theater