coccinus

Latin

Alternative forms

• coccineus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κόκκινος (kókkinos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkok.ki.nus/, [ˈkɔkːɪnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkot.t͡ʃi.nus/, [ˈkɔtː͡ʃinus]

Adjective

coccinus (feminine coccina, neuter coccinum); 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	coccinus	coccina	coccinum		coccinī	coccinae	coccina
Genitive	coccinī	coccinae	coccinī		coccinōrum	coccinārum	coccinōrum
Dative	coccinō		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

(inherited Romance descendants)

• Aromanian: coatsin
• Ladin: cueciun, chécen
• Romanian: coacin
• Romansch: cotschen, tgietschen

(through the Scientific Latin derivative Coccinella)

• French: coccinelle
• Italian: coccinella
• Translingual: Coccinella

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

• → Azerbaijani: koşenil
• → Catalan: cotxinilla
• → Danish: cochenille
• → Dutch: cochenille
• → English: cochineal
• → Finnish: kokenilli
• → French: cochenille
• → German: Koschenille
• → Ido: kochenilo
• → Italian: cocciniglia
• → Polish: koszenila
• → Portuguese: cochinilha, cochonilha
• → Quechua: khuchinilla
• → Russian: кошениль (košenilʹ)
• → Spanish: cochinilla
• → Swedish: koschenill
• → Ukrainian: кошеніль (košenilʹ)

See also

Colors in Latin · colōrēs (layout · text)

albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.)	glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.)	niger, āter, piceus, furvus
ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius	rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.)	flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.)
galbus, galbinus, lūridus	viridis	prasinus
cȳaneus	caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, 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