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Cottam

Cottam is a Latin form of Cotta, meaning “Cotta, a Roman family name (e.g. C. Aurelius Cotta)”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 32 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 2.11.3: Prima luce, confirmata re ab exploratoribus, omnem equitatum, qui novissimum agmen moraretur, praemisit. His Q. Pedium et L. Aurunculeium Cottam legatos praefecit; T. Labienum legatum cum legionibus tribus subsequi iussit.

All forms of Cotta (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.