cocus

== English == === Etymology === Unknown. === Noun === cocus Brya ebenus, a Caribbean flowering tree. ==== Derived terms ==== cocuswood === References === === Anagrams === Cusco == French == === Adjective === cocus masculine plural of cocu == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔ.kʊs] === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== cocus m (genitive cocī); second declension (Late Latin, proscribed) alternative form of coquus (“cook”) ===== Usage notes ===== The c-spelling is often limited to endings in u as equivalent to quu, while other forms are spelled with qu. Other scribes retained the c throughout. ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. ==== References ==== “cocus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “cocus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "cocus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “cocus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== cocus m (genitive cocī); second declension (New Latin) coconut ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. ==== References ==== Thomas McCarthy (2009), “Appendix III: Words and Phrases”, in Nunc Loquāmur: Guided Conversations for Latin, 2nd edition, Indianapolis, Ind.: Focus, Hackett Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 90, columns 1–2: “coconut nux Indica magna; nux cocoīna; cocus”.