Latin

Noun

coccum n ‎(genitive coccī); second declension

1. a scarlet berry of various plants
2. a gall of various trees
3. the insect, Coccus ilicis, used for producing dye
4. a scarlet dye, or the cloth dyed with it

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• coccinus

Descendants

References

• coccum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• coccum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• COCCUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “coccum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.