coquus

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    From coquō +‎ -us.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    coquus m (genitive coquī, feminine coqua); second declension

    1. A cook; person who makes food.
      Grumio in culina delicias multas coxit quando coquus erat.
      Grumio used to cook many delights in the kitchen when he was a cook.

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun.

    Case Singular Plural
    Nominative coquus coquī
    Genitive coquī coquōrum
    Dative coquō coquīs
    Accusative coquum coquōs
    Ablative coquō coquīs
    Vocative coque coquī
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    Descendants

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    References

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    • coquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • coquus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • coquus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • coquus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • coquus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • coquus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin