coxus

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Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from coxa (“hip”). Attested in the writings of Gaius Cilnius Maecenas and various late glosses.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

coxus (feminine coxa, neuter coxum); first/second-declension adjective (rare)

  1. lame
    Synonym: claudus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative coxus coxa coxum coxī coxae coxa
genitive coxī coxae coxī coxōrum coxārum coxōrum
dative coxō coxae coxō coxīs
accusative coxum coxam coxum coxōs coxās coxa
ablative coxō coxā coxō coxīs
vocative coxe coxa coxum coxī coxae coxa

Descendants

  • Aragonese: coixo
  • Catalan: coix
  • Galician: coxo
  • Portuguese: coxo
  • Spanish: cojo

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “coxo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 130
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