coix

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English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek κόϊξ (kóïx, “doum palm”).[1]

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Noun

coix (uncountable)

  1. An East Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, sometimes harvested as a cereal.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “coix”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cōxus, perhaps derived from coxa (“hip”). Compare Aragonese coixo.

Pronunciation

Adjective

coix (feminine coixa, masculine plural coixos, feminine plural coixes)

  1. lame
  2. wobbly (due to one leg being shorter)

Derived terms

References

  • “coix” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόϊξ (kóïx).

Pronunciation

Noun

coix f (genitive coicis); third declension

  1. a kind of Ethiopian palm

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative coix coicēs
genitive coicis coicum
dative coicī coicibus
accusative coicem coicēs
ablative coice coicibus
vocative coix coicēs

Descendants

  • Translingual: Coix

References

  • “coix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • coix in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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