coclea

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See also: cóclea and còclea

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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

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

coclea f (genitive cocleae); first declension

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

Inflection

First-declension noun.

Case 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
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