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Latin
Etymology
Referred to oculus with Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Possibly related to Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “cyclops”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cocles m (genitive coclitis); third declension
- one-eyed person
- half-blind person
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Derived terms
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.