broccus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Possibly borrowed from Gaulish *brokkos, from Proto-Celtic *brokkos (“badger”).[1][2][3]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    broccus m (genitive broccī); second declension

    1. A person having projecting teeth, a buck-toothed person

    Declension

    Second-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative broccus broccī
    genitive broccī broccōrum
    dative broccō broccīs
    accusative broccum broccōs
    ablative broccō broccīs
    vocative brocce broccī

    Derived terms

    Adjective

    broccus (feminine brocca, neuter broccum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. having projecting teeth, buck-toothed
      • c. 2C. BC, Plautus, Sitellitergus (very short fragment):
        Bea mihi insignitos pueros pariat postea aut varum aut valgum aut compernem aut paetum aut brocchum filium.
        Well, remarkable boys she'd bear me after that, maybe a bow-legged, or knock-kneed, or thunder-thighed, or squint-eyed or buck-toothed kid.

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative broccus brocca broccum broccī broccae brocca
    genitive broccī broccae broccī broccōrum broccārum broccōrum
    dative broccō broccae broccō broccīs
    accusative broccum broccam broccum broccōs broccās brocca
    ablative broccō broccā broccō broccīs
    vocative brocce brocca broccum broccī broccae brocca

    Derived terms

    • broccitas

    Descendants

    • Old Leonese: brueco
      • Asturian: bruecu
    • Catalan: broc, broca
    • French: broche
    • Galician: broco, broca; broche (from French)
    • Italian: brocco
    • Portuguese: broco, broca

    References

    1. ^ Walde, Alois; Hofmann, Johann Baptist (1938), “broccus”, in Lateinisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition, volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter, page 116
    2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*brokko-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 80
    3. ^ “broche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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