LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

coccum

coccum n (genitive coccī)
Classical[ˈkɔk.kũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔk.kum]

Meaning

  1. neutera scarlet berry of various plants
  2. neutera gall of various trees
  3. neuterthe insect, Coccus ilicis, used for producing dye
  4. neutera scarlet dye, or the cloth dyed with it, carmine

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecoccumcocca
genitivecoccīcoccōrum
dativecoccōcoccīs
accusativecoccumcocca
ablativecoccōcoccīs
vocativecoccumcocca

coccum, i, n., = κὀκκος (a berry, and specif.),
I. The berry that grows upon the scarlet oak (Quercus coccifera, Linn.; acc. to modern botany a kind of insect, cochineal kermes), with which scarlet was colored, Plin. 16, 8, 12, § 32; 9, 41, 65, § 140.—Also used in medicine, Plin. 24, 4, 4, § 8 al.—
B. Meton.
1. Scarlet color: rubro cocco tingere, Hor. S. 2, 6, 102; Mart. 5, 23, 5: cocco fulgere, id. 10, 76, 9: sanguineum, Verg. Cir. 31; Quint. 11, 1, 31.—
2. Scarlet garments, cloth, etc., Sil. 17, 396; Suet. Ner. 30. —
II. Coccum Gnidium, also called granum Gnidium, a grain of the shrub thymelaea cnestron, or cneoron, used in medicine, Plin. 13, 21, 35, § 114; 27, 9, 46, § 70; Cels. 5, 5; 5, 8; Scrib. Comp. 134.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, berry”).

Elsewhere
  • Catalancoc
  • Frenchcoquefrom Old French coque
  • Englishcoccusfrom New Latin coccus
  • Frenchcoccusfrom New Latin coccus
  • GermanKokkefrom New Latin coccus
  • Italiancoccofrom New Latin coccus
  • Portuguesecocofrom New Latin coccus
  • Romaniancocfrom New Latin coccus
  • Spanishcocofrom New Latin coccus
  • Aromaniancocã
Old Galician-Portuguese
  • Portuguesecoco
  • Galiciancoco
Old Leonese
  • Asturiancocu
  • Asturiancoca

Quick answers

What does coccum mean in Latin?
coccum, a noun, means “a scarlet berry of various plants; a gall of various trees; the insect, Coccus ilicis, used for producing dye”.
What is the genitive of coccum?
The genitive singular is coccī. coccum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce coccum?
In classical Latin, [ˈkɔk.kũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkɔk.kum].