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cottabus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cot-tabus
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ancient game played by throwing wine at metal disks or pans, trying to knock them down or make them sink in a basin of water.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin cottabus, from Ancient Greek κότταβος (kóttabos).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: cottabus, κότταβος

Usage

Inflected Forms

cattabus (alternative) kottabos (alternative)

Questions

What does cottabus mean?
An ancient game played by throwing wine at metal disks or pans, trying to knock them down or make them sink in a basin of water.
Where does cottabus come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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