cucus
French
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Adjective
[edit]cucus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Found in Plautus. Compare cuculus and Ancient Greek κόκκυξ (kókkux). Possibly onomatopoeic also.
Noun
[edit]cucus m (genitive cucī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cucus | cucī |
| genitive | cucī | cucōrum |
| dative | cucō | cucīs |
| accusative | cucum | cucōs |
| ablative | cucō | cucīs |
| vocative | cuce | cucī |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “cucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cucus 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)
- cucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.