cohum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *koɣjom, from Proto-Indo-European *kagʰyóm (“enclosure”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.hum/, [ˈkɔ.hũ]

Noun

cohum n (genitive cohī); second declension

  1. The thong or strap used to attach a pole to a yoke

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cohum coha
Genitive cohī cohōrum
Dative cohō cohīs
Accusative cohum coha
Ablative cohō cohīs
Vocative cohum coha

References
  • De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
  • 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, 1883–1887)
  • cohum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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