Cotta
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See also: cotta
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. Two possibilities include a variant of cocta (“cooked”), intending sunburnt or tanned, or a Latinization of ancient Italiot Greek κόττος (“cockscomb”), intending cowlicked.
Pronunciation
[edit](Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkot.ta/, [ˈkɔt̪ːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkot.ta/, [ˈkɔt̪ːä]
Proper noun
[edit]Cotta m sg (genitive Cottae); first declension
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Cotta |
Genitive | Cottae |
Dative | Cottae |
Accusative | Cottam |
Ablative | Cottā |
Vocative | Cotta |
References
[edit]- “Cotta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cotta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.
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