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coccinus

coccinus

Latin

Alternative forms

coccineus

Adjective

coccinus m ‎(feminine coccina, neuter coccinum); first/second declension

scarlet, scarlet-dyed

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	coccinus	coccina	coccinum		coccinī	coccinae	coccina
genitive	coccinī	coccinae	coccinī		coccinōrum	coccinārum	coccinōrum
dative	coccinō	coccinae	coccinō		coccinīs
accusative	coccinum	coccinam	coccinum		coccinōs	coccinās	coccina
ablative	coccinō	coccinā	coccinō		coccinīs
vocative	coccine	coccina	coccinum		coccinī	coccinae	coccina

Derived terms

coccinella

Descendants

Aromanian: coatsin
Azeri: koşenil
Catalan: cotxinilla
Danish: cochenille
Dutch: cochenille
English: cochineal
Finnish: kokenilli
French: cochenille

German: Koschenille
Ido: kochenilo
Italian: coccinella, cocciniglia
Ladin: cueciun, chécen
Polish: koszenila
Portuguese: cochinilha, cochonilha
Quechua: khuchinilla
Romanian: coacin

Romansch: cotschen, tgietschen
Russian: кошениль ‎(košenilʹ)
Spanish: cochinilla
Swedish: koschenill
Ukrainian: кошеніль ‎(košenilʹ)

References

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