noun · neutersecond declension
cohum
cohum n (genitive cohī)
Classical[ˈko.(ɦ)ũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔː.um]
Meaning
- neuterThe thong or strap used to attach a pole to a yoke
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cohum | coha |
| genitive | cohī | cohōrum |
| dative | cohō | cohīs |
| accusative | cohum | coha |
| ablative | cohō | cohīs |
| vocative | cohum | coha |
cohum, i, n.,
I. the strap by which the plough-beam was fastened to the yoke; so called, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 39, 4, a cohibendo; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 135 Müll.
cŏhum poëtae caelum dixerunt a chao, ex quo putabant caelum esse formatum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 39, 5; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, § 19; Diom. p. 361 P.:
I.
vix solidum complere cohum terroribus caeli, Enn. Ann. v. 550 Vahl.Origins
Uncertain. Within Italic, it is perhaps to be connected with Umbrian cehefi (“to take, get”) and Oscan kahad (“to take”), though De Vaan suggests that such a relationship is only possible if a phonotactically impermissible Proto-Indo-European root *kh₂gʰ- is reconstructed. It is perhaps to be connected to Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- (“to hold”) and is probably ultimately of substrate origin. Doublet of caium.