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Cos2

Cos2 · f

any hard stone, flintstone

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Where it lives

Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 17s 2 · 166.67/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 11s 2 · 101.01/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 19s 2 · 99.5/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 14s 1 · 84.03/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 20s 1 · 60.24/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 13s 1 · 58.82/10k
Medicamina faciei femineae 3 · 48.94/10k
Ars Amatoria 42 · 28.22/10k
Epigrammata 152 · 27.01/10k
Amores 36 · 23.04/10k
Epistulae 54 · 21.12/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 20 · 18.24/10k

Densest 12 of 201 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. cōs — Lewis & Short

cōs, cōtis, f.Sanscr. ça, to whet, sharpen; cf. cautes,

I any hard stone, flintstone, Cic. Div. 1, 17, 33; Liv. 1, 36, 4 and 5; Curt. 4, 6, 8; 5, 3, 8; 8, 11, 23; Verg. E. 8, 43. —

II In partic., a whetstone, hone, grindstone, Plin. 36, 22, 47, § 164; Hor. C. 2, 8, 16; Quint. 2, 12, 8.—

B Trop.: ipsam iracundiam fortitudinis quasi cotem esse dicebant, Cic. Ac. 2, 44, 135; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 19, 43; Hor. A. P. 304.

2. Cōs — Lewis & Short

Cōs or Cŏus (Cō^ŏs), i, f., = *kw=s or *ko/ws,

I one of the Sporadic Islands in the Myrtoan Sea, on the coast of Caria, celebrated for the cultivation of the vine and for weaving; the birthplace of Hippocrates, Apelles, and Philetas, now Stanco.; nom. Cos, Varr. Fragm. p. 363 Bip.; Mel. 2, 7, 4; Plin. 5, 31, 36, § 135 al.: Cous, Liv. 37, 16, 2. —Acc. Coum, Curt. 3, 1, 19 Zumpt N. cr.; Plin. 2, 108, 112, § 245; Tac. A. 2, 75.—Abl. Coo, Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2; Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 5; Stat. S. 1, 2, 252: Co, Plin. 11, 23, 27, § 77; Quint. 8, 6, 7 (but in the last two pass. with the var. lect. Coo).—Hence,

II Cōus, a, um, adj., = *kw=os, of Cos, Coan: insula, Varr. R. R. 2, prooem. § 4: litus, Luc. 8, 246: vinum, Plin. 14, 8, 10, § 79: uva, id. 15, 17, 18, § 66: vestis, Prop. 1, 2, 2; 2, 1, 6: purpurae, Hor. C. 4, 13, 13; cf. Prop. 4 (5), 5, 23. artifex, i. e. Apelles, Ov. P. 4, 1, 29.—Hence, also: Venus, a celebrated picture of her by Apelles, Cic. Or. 2, 5; id. Div. 1, 13, 23: senior, i. e. Hippocrates, Marc. Emp. Carm. 5: poëta, Philetas, Ov. A. A. 3, 329; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 1, 1; and absol., Ov. R. Am. 760.—

B Subst.,

1 Cōum, i, n. (sc. vinum), Coan wine, Hor. S. 2, 4, 29; Pers. 5, 135.—

2 Cōa, ōrum, n., Coan garments, Hor. S. 1, 2, 101; Ov. A. A. 2, 298.

In the wild

6 of 2,148 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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