What is the Latin word for cockle?

The usual Latin words for “cockle” are pecten, rhoeas, pectuncŭlus; also sinus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“cockle” in Latin

pectencomb; pubic hair; hair rhoeascorn poppy pectuncŭlusa small scallop sinusa bent surface; a curve, fold, hollow; a gulf, bay, bight; the chord of an arc; a sine

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

cockle

fish, pecten: diminutive, pectunculus: cochlca (Hor.).

Weed, rhoeas, -adis (Linn.).

cockle v.

rugare: (palliolum rugat, Plaut., Caes., 2, 3, 39). ☞ Freund makes ruga merely less than sinus: Georges makes ruga elevated, and sinus sunk.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for cockle?: The usual Latin words for “cockle” are pecten, rhoeas, pectuncŭlus; also sinus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.