English

Adjective

cochlear ‎(not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cochlea.

Translations

Latin

Alternative forms

• cochleāre n, cochleāris m, cochleārium n, coclear n, cocleāre n, cocleārium n, cocleārum n (variant forms)
• cochl. (abbreviation in medicine and pharmacy)

Etymology

cochlea ‎(“snail”, “snail-shell”) +‎ -ar ‎(suffix forming neuter nouns)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.kʰle.ar/, [ˈkɔ.kʰɫe.ar]

Noun

cochlear n ‎(genitive cochleāris); third declension

1. a spoon
2. a spoonful (as a measure for liquids)
   1. (specifically, in medicine and pharmacy) a spoonful (a measurement of dose, equal to half a cheme or ¹⁄₁₄₄ of a cotyla)

Declension

Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.

Derived terms

• cochlear amplum
• cochlear magnum
• cochlear medium
• cochlear parvum
• cochleārium

Descendants

• Aragonese: cullara
• Basque: koilara
• Catalan: cullera
• Interlingua: coclear
• Interlingue: coclare
• Old Leonese:
  • Asturian: cuyar
  • Leonese: cuyar
  • Mirandese: colhar
• Old Portuguese: collar, cullar
  • Portuguese: colher (influenced by Old French cuiller)
    • Kabuverdianu: kudjer
  • Galician: culler (influenced by Old French cuiller)
• Old Spanish:
  • Ladino: kuchara
  • Spanish: cuchara
    • Cebuano: kutsara
    • Hiligaynon: kutsara
    • Papiamentu: kuchara
    • Tagalog: kutsara

References

• cŏclĕar (cochl-) in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cŏchlĕăr et cŏchlĕāre”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 332/3.
• “coc(h)lear(e)” on page 341/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• “cochlearis (mascul.)” on page 194/2 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)