LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

coquus

coquus m (genitive coquī, feminine coqua)
Classical[ˈkɔ.kʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈkɔː.kʷus]

Meaning

  1. masculineA cook; person who makes food.
    Grumio in culina delicias multas coxit quando coquus erat.Grumio used to cook many delights in the kitchen when he was a cook.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecoquuscoquī
cocī, coquae
genitivecoquī
cocī, coquae		coquōrum
cocōrum, coquārum
dativecoquō
cocō, coquae		coquīs
cocīs
accusativecoquum
cocum, coquam		coquōs
cocōs, coquās
ablativecoquō
cocō		coquīs
cocīs
vocativecoque
coce		coquī
cocī, coquae

cŏquus (ante-class. cŏquŏs; in many MSS. and inscrr. also cŏcus), i, m.,
I. a cook (very freq., esp. in Plaut., in whose comedies the cook takes a conspicuous place), Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 11; Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 26; Varr. R. R. 3, 14, 3; Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; Liv. 39, 6, 9; Mart. 14, 220, 1 sq.; Dig. 40, 4, 24 et saep.—In ancient times the cook baked also the bread; cf. Naev. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 58, 14 Müll.—From the ancient writing, quoquus for cocus, originates the pun upon the voc. coque and quoque, Cic. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 47 Spald.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pékʷeti
  3. Proto-Italic*kʷekʷō
  4. Latincoquus

Latin coquō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin coquus From coquō + -us.

Gallo-Romance
  • Catalancoc
  • Frenchqueuxfrom Old French cous
  • Gasconcòcfrom Old Occitan coc
Italo-Dalmatian
  • Italiancuoco
  • Neapolitancuóco
  • Maltesekokfrom Sicilian cocu
  • Venetancógo
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friuliancogo
  • Ladincogo
  • Ladinchech
Gallo-Italic
  • Emiliancûg
  • Liguriancheugo
  • Lombardcögh
  • Romagnolcug
Borrowings
  • Interlinguacoco
  • Bretonkogfrom Proto-Brythonic *kog
  • Cornishkogfrom Proto-Brythonic *kog
  • Welshcogfrom Proto-Brythonic *kog
  • Proto-West Germanic*kok

Quick answers

What does coquus mean in Latin?
coquus, a noun, means “A cook; person who makes food.”.
What is the genitive of coquus?
The genitive singular is coquī. coquus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce coquus?
In classical Latin, [ˈkɔ.kʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈkɔː.kʷus].
Where does coquus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- → Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti → Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō → Latin coquus.