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cohors.

a court

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈko.(ɦ)ɔrs]Classical-Latin[ˈkɔː.ors]
  1. a court

    declension-3 · feminine
  2. a farmyard or enclosure

    declension-3 · feminine
  3. a retinue or escort

    declension-3 · feminine
  4. a circle or crowd

    declension-3 · feminine
  5. a cohort: tenth part of a legion

    declension-3 · feminine
  6. a cohort: a military unit of about 500 to 600 men

    declension-3 · feminine
  7. a cohort: a band or armed force

    declension-3 · feminine
  8. a ship's crew

    declension-3 · feminine
  9. a bodyguard

    declension-3 · feminine
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Italic *kom + *horti-, the latter a ti-derivative of what is likely the same root underlying *hortos (“enclosure”). By surface analysis, co- + -hors.

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