LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

cocus

cocus m (genitive cocī)
Classical[ˈkɔ.kʊs]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. Late LatinNew Latinmasculineproscribedcoconut
    Illi amicabiliter ad navem noſtram appellentes, tantum Cocorum ac Bananarum nobis obtulerunt numerum, ut quilibet in navi nuces 50. duos Bananarum corbes eo die lucraretur.1619, Americæ pars undecima: Seu descriptio admirandi itineris a Guilielmo Schouten Hollando peracti: […], Oppenheim: Typis Hieronymi Galleri, page 41:
    Tabaci, Cocorum, Bananarum, oryzæ, piſorum, fabarum, porcorum, gallinarum & piſcium nobis faciebant copiam.1622, Antonio de Herrera [y Tordesillas], translated by C[aspar] Barlæus, Novus Orbis, Sive Descriptio Indiae Occidentalis, […], Amsterdam: Apud Michaelem Colinium Bibliopolam, ad insigne Libri Domestici, page 71:

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī cibum coquit; in culīnā labōrat.
cocus -ī m — in Mille Verba, Cibus et Convīvium

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecocuscocī
genitivecocīcocōrum
dativecocōcocīs
accusativecocumcocōs
ablativecocōcocīs
vocativecocecocī

cŏcus, v. coquus.

Quick answers

What does cocus mean in Latin?
cocus, a noun, means “coconut”.
What is the genitive of cocus?
The genitive singular is cocī. cocus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce cocus?
In classical Latin, [ˈkɔ.kʊs].