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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From earlier *quoquō, from Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti by /*p - *kʷ/ assimilation (compare quīnque, from *pénkʷe), from *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”).[1] Cognate with Sanskrit पचति (pácati), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (pacaiti), Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō), Tocharian B päk-, Proto-Slavic *peťi, Albanian pjek.
Verb
coquō (present infinitive coquere, perfect active coxī, supine coctum); third conjugation
- (transitive) to cook; prepare food
- (transitive) to ripen
- (transitive) to roast, dry
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
(See also cocō.)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
coquō
- dative/ablative singular of coquus
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “coquō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 134
Further reading
- “coquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “coquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- coquo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.