coaxo

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κοάξ (koáx) +‎ .

Verb

coaxō (present infinitive coaxāre, perfect active coaxāvī, supine coaxātum); first conjugation, no passive

  1. (intransitive) to croak (make sound of a frog)
    • c. 69 CE – 122 CE, Suetonius, De vita Caesarum 2 94:
      Cum prīmum fārī coepisset, in avītō suburbānō obstrepentīs forte rānās silēre iussit, atque ex eō negantur ibi rānae coaxāre.
      When he first started to speak, he ordered the frogs that happened to be making a great noise in the country place of his grandfather, and from then on frogs are said not to croak there.
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Etymology 2

From co- +‎ axis +‎ .

Verb

coaxō (present infinitive coaxāre, perfect active coaxāvī, supine coaxātum); first conjugation

  1. alternative form of coassō
Conjugation

Further reading

  • coaxo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • coaxo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

coaxo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of coaxar