cocles

See also: Cocles

Latin

Alternative forms

  • cocules

Etymology

Referred to oculus with Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kewH- (to cover). Possibly related to Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, cyclops).

Pronunciation

Noun

cocles m (genitive coclitis); third declension

  1. one-eyed person
  2. half-blind person

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cocles coclitēs
Genitive coclitis coclitum
Dative coclitī coclitibus
Accusative coclitem coclitēs
Ablative coclite coclitibus
Vocative cocles coclitēs

Derived terms

References

  • cō̆cles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • 1 cŏclēs in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.:332/3
  • cocles”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.
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