Cosa

See also: cosa, cósa, and cosà

Italian

Noun

Cosa f (plural Cose, masculine Coso)

  1. what's-her-name

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Etruscan 𐌂𐌖𐌔𐌉 (cusi) or 𐌂𐌏𐌔𐌉𐌀 (cosia).

Pronunciation

The city's Capitolium

Proper noun

Cosa f sg (genitive Cosae); first declension

  1. an Etruscan city of Etruria, situated on the seacoast

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Cosa
Genitive Cosae
Dative Cosae
Accusative Cosam
Ablative Cosā
Vocative Cosa
Locative Cosae

Derived terms

  • Cosānum
  • Cosānus

References

  • Cosa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Cosa”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Cosa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Cosa”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
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