Bocchus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βόκχος (Bókkhos), itself from a Berber name, maybe Central Atlas Tamazight ⵡⴽⴽⵓⵙ (wkkus) or from Tuareg ⴰⵡⵇⵇⴰⵙ (aweqqas).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Bocchus m sg (genitive Bocchī); second declension

  1. A king of Mauritania and father-in-law of Jugurtha

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Bocchus
Genitive Bocchī
Dative Bocchō
Accusative Bocchum
Ablative Bocchō
Vocative Bocche

Descendants[edit]

  • English: Bocchus
  • Italian: Bocco

References[edit]

  • Bocchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Bocchus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press