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Meaning of cocus | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈkɔ.kʊs]

Definitions

  1. coconut
    Late-Latin, New-Latin, declension-2, masculine, proscribed
  2. Equivalent to 'Cook': An English surname originating as an occupation for a cook or seller of cooked food.

Equivalents

English Cook

Examples

“coqus^([sic]) non cocus”

(The correct form is) coqus,^([sic]) not cocus

“Illi amicabiliter ad navem noſtram appellentes, tantum Cocorum ac Bananarum nobis obtulerunt numerum, ut quilibet in navi nuces 50. duos Bananarum corbes eo die lucraretur.”
“Tabaci, Cocorum, Bananarum, oryzæ, piſorum, fabarum, porcorum, gallinarum & piſcium nobis faciebant copiam.”
“Hi Æthiopes monstrabant ut tormenta nostra exploderemus in canoas istas, sed significabatur ipsis, hoc à natura batava alienum, nocere inculpatis, si vero nos læderent, arma nobis data defensioni, nihilominus advolant amicè, adferentes tantam abundantiam cocorum et bananarum, quantam desiderabamus, ut socio unicuique quinquaginta nuces distribuerentur et duo fasciculi bananarum.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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