podex
See also: Podex
English
Noun
podex (plural podexes or podices)
- (anatomy) anus, rectum, fundament
- 1942, Fabricius (ab Aquapendente), Howard Bernhardt Adelmann, The Embryological Treatises of Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente (page 229)
- Ligament which stretches over the surface of the uterus, running obliquely from the podex to the raceme.
- 1953, Jack Woodford, Writer's Cramp, page 35:
- If these native babes went around with their podexes exposed they wouldn't have any because the mosquitoes would eat them off.
- 1942, Fabricius (ab Aquapendente), Howard Bernhardt Adelmann, The Embryological Treatises of Hieronymus Fabricius of Aquapendente (page 229)
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *pesd-.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpoː.deks/, [ˈpoːd̪ɛks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpo.deks/, [ˈpɔːd̪eks]
Noun
pōdex m (genitive pōdicis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | pōdex | pōdicēs |
| Genitive | pōdicis | pōdicum |
| Dative | pōdicī | pōdicibus |
| Accusative | pōdicem | pōdicēs |
| Ablative | pōdice | pōdicibus |
| Vocative | pōdex | pōdicēs |
References
- “podex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “podex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- podex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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