coxus
Latin
Etymology
Perhaps from coxa (“hip”). Attested in the writings of Gaius Cilnius Maecenas and various late glosses.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkok.sus/, [ˈkɔks̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkok.sus/, [ˈkɔksus]
Adjective
coxus (feminine coxa, neuter coxum); first/second-declension adjective (rare)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | coxus | coxa | coxum | coxī | coxae | coxa | |
| Genitive | coxī | coxae | coxī | coxōrum | coxārum | coxōrum | |
| Dative | coxō | coxō | coxīs | ||||
| Accusative | coxum | coxam | coxum | coxōs | coxās | coxa | |
| Ablative | coxō | coxā | coxō | coxīs | |||
| Vocative | coxe | coxa | coxum | coxī | coxae | coxa | |
References
- coxus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “coxo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 130
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