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coquo

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Etymology 1

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    From earlier *quoquō, from Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō, from Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti by /*p - */ assimilation (compare quīnque, from *pénkʷe), from *pekʷ- (to cook, become ripe).[1] Cognate with Sanskrit पचति (pácati), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬗𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (pacaiti), Ancient Greek πέσσω (péssō), Tocharian B päk-, Proto-Slavic *peťi, Albanian pjek.

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    Verb

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    coquō (present infinitive coquere, perfect active coxī, supine coctum); third conjugation

    1. (transitive) to cook; prepare food
    2. (transitive) to ripen
    3. (transitive) to roast, dry
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    (See also cocō.)

    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    Noun

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    coquō

    1. dative/ablative singular of coquus

    References

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    1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “coquō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 134

    Further reading

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    • coquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • coquo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • coquo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.