Latin

Noun

beccus m ‎(genitive beccī); second declension

1. beak, bill (especially of a cock)

Usage notes

The most usual word for "beak" is rostrum.

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

References

• beccus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• BECCUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “beccus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.