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coa.

lustful woman; (wearing fine Coan silk?); fictitious nickname of Clodia (L+S);

3 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈko.a]Classical-Latin[ˈkɔː.a]
  1. lustful woman, prostitute

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

After a story perhaps pertaining to Clodia Metelli cited in Quintillian, perhaps as a distortion of a form of coeō, or after the luxurious silk from Cos, deriving from the cocoon of the Coan moth, or both.

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