noun · neutersecond declension
cuscolium
cuscolium n (genitive cuscoliī or cuscolī)
Classical[kʊsˈkɔ.li.ũː]Ecclesiastical[kusˈkɔː.li.um]
Meaning
- neuterthe scarlet berry of the holm oak
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cuscolium | cuscolia |
| genitive | cuscoliī cuscolī | cuscoliōrum |
| dative | cuscoliō | cuscoliīs |
| accusative | cuscolium | cuscolia |
| ablative | cuscoliō | cuscoliīs |
| vocative | cuscolium | cuscolia |
cuscŏlĭum (-cŭlĭum), ii, n.,
I. the scarlet berry of the holm oak, Plin. 16, 8, 12, § 32.
Origins
Bertoldi compares Calabrian coscu, cuoscu (“young oak”), Sicilian cosca (“cabbage stalk”), cismontan Corsican cuscogliulu (“scrap or shell of a chestnut”), Gallurese cuscugia (“dry branches”), Logudorese cuscudza (“grain sweepings on the threshing-floor, kindling for a fire”), and Berber aqešquš (“small twigs kept for sparking off fire”), and Basque kozkil (“left-over chestnut twigs or shells”), koskor (“small person”), kuzkur (“acorn”), kuskul (“bent of age”), koskor (“plant leftovers”), koska (“sottishness”), and therefore Latin quisquilia (“mixed-in twigs or stalks; odds and ends”), leaving open possible Aquitanian or Berber connections. In other words, probably loaned of a substrate term.
Descendants
- Catalancoscoll
- Frenchcouscouilfrom Catalan coscoll
- Spanishcoscojo
- Occitancouscouio
- Occitancouscolho
- Aragonesecoscullo
- Aragonesecoscurro
- Basquecouscourro