coquus Latin · revision 5290

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Naevius|origins=ine-pro *pekʷ-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkɔ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔː.kʷus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''coquus''' ''m'' (genitive coquī, feminine coqua); second declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It belongs with [[coquō]] “to cook”, [[inh|itc-pro|*kwokwo-|t=a cook]], [[inh|ine-pro|*pokʷos]], from [[ine-pro|*pekʷ-|t=to cook]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan counts the noun among the oldest forms of the family, and thinks the ''o'' of ''coquō'' may come from it.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|पचति|tr=pácati|t=cooks]], [[grc|πέσσω|tr=péssō|t=to cook, ripen]] and [[cu|пещи|tr=pešti|t=to bake]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Naevius first.^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010) The cook is a familiar figure in the comedies of Plautus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a cook, and the feminine ''coqua'' a female cook.^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) The OLD notes that the spelling with ⟨qu⟩ is the earlier one, though Quintilian and others record ''quoquus'', and many manuscripts have ''cocus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In medieval British Latin it was used of monastic and royal cooks.^(DMLBS) A Vulgar Latin *cocus gave Old English ''coc'', the source of [[en|cook]], and the Germanic languages generally borrowed the Latin word, as German ''Koch''.^(Etymonline) It survives in [[it|cuoco]] and [[fr|queux]].^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses the word.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus has cooks among his characters.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Old English – ''coc'' is borrowed from Vulgar Latin.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|cook]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[coquō]]

+ * [[culīna]]

+ * [[en|cook]]

+ * [[en|kitchen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}