cossus

cossus

1. masculine plural of cossu

Of uncertain origin[1]; proposed derivations include:

• From a root common to Ancient Greek σκίδνημι (skídnēmi, “to disperse”) and Lithuanian kedeti (“to burst”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognates include Latin cortex (“bark”) and Ancient Greek κείρω (keírō, “to cut off”).
• From Proto-Indo-European *ḱes- (“to cut”), with the possible cognate Latin careō (“I lack”).

cossus m

1. woodworm (worm or grub found in wood)

Second declension.

• Friulian: cos
• Galician: coxo, coxillo
• Italian: cosso
• Romanian: coș
• Spanish: coso, gusano (uncertain)
• Translingual: Cossus

• cossus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cossus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cossus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• cossus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cossus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray