cottana

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόττανα (kóttana), from a Semitic language; compare Hebrew קָטָן (katán, small).

Pronunciation

Noun

cottana n pl (genitive cottanōrum); second declension

  1. a kind of small Syrian fig

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

References

  • cottana”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cottana”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers