coccinus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόκκινος (kókkinos).

Pronunciation

Adjective

coccinus (feminine coccina, neuter coccinum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. scarlet, scarlet-dyed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative coccinus coccina coccinum coccinī coccinae coccina
Genitive coccinī coccinae coccinī coccinōrum coccinārum coccinōrum
Dative coccinō coccinō coccinīs
Accusative coccinum coccinam coccinum coccinōs coccinās coccina
Ablative coccinō coccinā coccinō coccinīs
Vocative coccine coccina coccinum coccinī coccinae coccina

Derived terms

Descendants

(inherited Romance descendants)

(through the Scientific Latin derivative Coccinella)

(possible descendants through a derivative form, likely through Spanish cochinilla)

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeusgrīseus (ML. or NL.)      niger, āter, piceus, furvus
             ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceusmurrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)              flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References

  • coccinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers