Cocles

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Cō̆cles, itis, m.,

the cognomen of a Roman , Horatius Cocles. who, in the war with Porsenna, defended a bridge alone, Liv. 2, 10, 2 sq.; Cic. Off. 1, 18, 61; id. Leg. 2, 4, 10; Verg. A. 8, 650; Plin. 34, 5, 11, § 22; 36, 15, 23, § 100 al.; Prop. 3 (4), 11, 63; Sen. Ep. 120, 7.

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Cocles
Coclēs itis, m SCA- +oculus, one - eyed .— Esp. surname of Horatius, who, in the war with Porsenn...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
cocles
cō̆cles, ĭtis, m. [for scoculus; root ska-; cf. σκιά, σκότος, and oculus (cf. Fleck. in Rhein. Mus. ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.