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Coccēius, a, the name of an Italic gens.

  1. I. Cocceius Nerva, Hor. S. 1, 5, 28.
  2. II. M. Cocceius Nerva, a celebrated lawyer under Tiberius, Tac. A. 4, 58 al.
  3. III. M. Cocceius Nerva, grandson of the preceding, Inscr Orell. 1634; emperor, A.U.C. 849-851, Tac. A. 15, 72; Mart. 8, 70, 7.

* coccĭnātus, a, um, adj. [coccinus], clothed in scarlet: puerulus, Suet. Dom. 4; cf. Mart. 1, 97, 6; 5, 37, 2.

coccĭnĕus, a, um, adj. [coccum],

  1. I. scarlet-colored: pallium, Petr. 32, 2: tomentum, id. 38, 5: lacernae, Mart. 14, 131 in lemm.
  2. II. Access. form coccĭnus, a, um: acini, Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 177: gausapa, Petr. 28, 4. laena, Juv. 3, 283: aluta, Mart. 2, 29, 8.
        1. b. In plur subst.: coccĭna, ōrum, n., scarlet garments, Mart. 2, 39, 1, 2, 43, 8, 14, 131, 1.
        2. c. In sing. subst.: coccĭnum, i, n., = coccum, Hier. in Isa. 1, 1, 18.

† coccum, i, n., = κὀκκος (a berry, and specif.),

  1. I. The berry that grows upon the scarlet oak (Quercus coccifera, Linn.; acc. to modern botany a kind of insect, cochineal kermes), with which scarlet was colored, Plin. 16, 8, 12, § 32; 9, 41, 65, § 140.
    Also used in medicine, Plin. 24, 4, 4, § 8 al.
    1. B. Meton.
      1. 1. Scarlet color: rubro cocco tingere, Hor. S. 2, 6, 102; Mart. 5, 23, 5: cocco fulgere, id. 10, 76, 9: sanguineum, Verg. Cir. 31; Quint. 11, 1, 31.
      2. 2. Scarlet garments, cloth, etc., Sil. 17, 396; Suet. Ner. 30.
  2. II. Coccum Gnidium, also called granum Gnidium, a grain of the shrub thymelaea cnestron, or cneoron, used in medicine, Plin. 13, 21, 35, § 114; 27, 9, 46, § 70; Cels. 5, 5; 5, 8; Scrib. Comp. 134.

† coccȳgĭa, ae, f, = κοκκυγία, a kind of sumach used in coloring, perh. Rhus cotinus, Linn.; Plin. 13, 22, 41, § 121.

† coccȳmēlum, i, n., = κοκκύμηλον, a plum, Cloat. ap. Macr. S. 2, 15; cf. Isid. Orig. 17, 7, 10.

† coccyx, ȳgis, m., = κόκκυξ, a cuckoo, Plin. 10, 9, 11, § 25 sq.