cohum
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kaɣjom, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”). Doublet of caium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.hum/, [ˈko(ɦ)ʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈko.um/, [ˈkɔːum]
Noun
cohum n (genitive cohī); second declension
- The thong or strap used to attach a pole to a yoke
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cohum | coha |
| Genitive | cohī | cohōrum |
| Dative | cohō | cohīs |
| Accusative | cohum | coha |
| Ablative | cohō | cohīs |
| Vocative | cohum | coha |
Related terms
- incohō
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
- “cohum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cohum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cohum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette