coccinus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From coccum +‎ -īnus. Cf. also Ancient Greek κόκκινος (kókkinos).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kokˈkiː.nus/, [kɔkˈkiːnʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kotˈt͡ʃi.nus/, [kotˈt͡ʃiːnus]

Adjective

coccīnus (feminine coccīna, neuter coccīnum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. scarlet, scarlet-dyed

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative coccīnus coccīna coccīnum coccīnī coccīnae coccīna
Genitive coccīnī coccīnae coccīnī coccīnōrum coccīnārum coccīnōrum
Dative coccīnō coccīnō coccīnīs
Accusative coccīnum coccīnam coccīnum coccīnōs coccīnās coccīna
Ablative coccīnō coccīnā coccīnō coccīnīs
Vocative coccīne coccīna coccīnum coccīnī coccīnae coccīna

Derived terms

Descendants

(inherited Romance descendants)

(through the Scientific Latin derivative Coccinella)

(possible descendants through a derivative form, likely through Spanish cochinilla)

See also
Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)
     candidus, albus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)      rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)      āter, niger, piceus
             pūniceus, murrinus, rūfus, ruber, russus, rūbrīcus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius              rutilus, armeniacus, auranteus, aurantiacus; fuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx              gilvus, helvus, fulvus, flāvus, croceus, pallidus, lūteus, blondinus (ML.)
             galbus, galbinus, lūridus              viridis              prasinus
             cȳaneus              caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), blāvus (LL.)              glaucus; līvidus; venetus
             violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.)              ostrīnus, amethystīnus              purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus

References
  • “coccinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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