coctilia
Latin
Etymology
From the adjective coctilis; the adjective forms are regularly declined; the noun is a substantivisation of the neuter plural, used elliptically for coctilia ligna (literally “dried firewood”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kokˈti.li.a/, [kɔkˈtɪ.li.a]
Adjective
coctilia
- nominative neuter plural of coctilis
- accusative neuter plural of coctilis
- vocative neuter plural of coctilis
Noun
coctilia n pl (genitive coctilium); third declension
- (plural only) very dry wood, that burns without smoke
Declension
Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | coctilia |
| Genitive | coctilium |
| Dative | coctilibus |
| Accusative | coctilia |
| Ablative | coctilibus |
| Vocative | coctilia |
Synonyms
- (very dry wood, that burns without smoke): ligna acapna
References
- coctĭlĭa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press