"cos" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈkoːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkɔs] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Proto-Italic *kōtis, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”). Cognate with Latin catus (“clever, cunning”), cautēs (“pointed rock”), cuneus (“wedge”) and Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”). Etymology templates: {{inh|la|itc-pro|*kōtis}} Proto-Italic *kōtis, {{der|la|ine-pro|*ḱeh₃-||to sharpen}} Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₃- (“to sharpen”), {{cog|la|catus||clever, cunning}} Latin catus (“clever, cunning”), {{cog|grc|κῶνος||cone}} Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”) Head templates: {{la-noun|cōs<3>|g=f}} cōs f (genitive cōtis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cōs<3>}} Forms: cōs [canonical, feminine], cōtis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cōs [nominative, singular], cōtēs [nominative, plural], cōtis [genitive, singular], cōtum [genitive, plural], cōtī [dative, singular], cōtibus [dative, plural], cōtem [accusative, singular], cōtēs [accusative, plural], cōte [ablative, singular], cōtibus [ablative, plural], cōs [singular, vocative], cōtēs [plural, vocative]
  1. whetstone Tags: declension-3 Derived forms: cōtōria
    Sense id: en-cos-la-noun-thSrg-3Q Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 79 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: COS [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|la|noun}} cos
  1. abbreviation of consul Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: consul
    Sense id: en-cos-la-noun-g0wU5DX4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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