Brocchus

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Latin

Etymology

From brocchus, variant of broccus (“buck-toothed person”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Brocchus m sg (genitive Brocchī); second declension

  1. a cognomen of the gentes Annaea, Furia, Sertoria, and others.
    Gaius Sertorius Brocchus
     

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Brocchus
genitive Brocchī
dative Brocchō
accusative Brocchum
ablative Brocchō
vocative Brocche

References

  • Brocchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.
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