Brocchus

Latin

Etymology

From brocchus, variant of broccus (“buck-toothed person”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbrok.kʰus/, [ˈbrɔkːʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbrok.kus/, [ˈbrɔkːus]

Proper noun

Brocchus m sg (genitive Brocchī); second declension

1. a cognomen of the gentes Annaea, Furia, Sertoria, and others.

   Gaius Sertorius Brocchus

    

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Brocchus
Genitive	Brocchī
Dative	Brocchō
Accusative	Brocchum
Ablative	Brocchō
Vocative	Brocche

References

• Brocchus 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.