cocistro

Latin

Etymology

From *coquaster +‎ -ō (suffix forming appellations), from coquus (“cook”) +‎ -aster. Attested directly only in the Etymologiae of Isidore of Seville (7th century).

Noun

cocistrō m (genitive cocistrōnis); third declension (Late Latin)

  1. A slave charged to taste the dishes

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cocistrō cocistrōnēs
genitive cocistrōnis cocistrōnum
dative cocistrōnī cocistrōnibus
accusative cocistrōnem cocistrōnēs
ablative cocistrōne cocistrōnibus
vocative cocistrō cocistrōnēs

Descendants

  • Old French: coistron

References

  • cocistro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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