coxendix

coxendix

Latin

Etymology

From a Proto-Italic *koksednī-k-, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-, whence Latin coxa (“hip”).[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kokˈsen.diːks/, [kɔkˈs̠ɛn̪d̪iːks̠]

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kokˈsen.diks/, [kokˈsɛn̪d̪iks]
• Ouside very fragmented instances, the word is attested in poetry once in Plautus, requiring a long -ī- (see quotation). Some dictionaries (e.g. Lewis & Short and the Gaffiot 2016) may be wrong in reporting this word with short -i-.

Noun

coxendīx f (genitive coxendīcis); third declension

1. (anatomy) hip, hipbone
   • c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Bacchides 1157-1159, (metre: anapaestic system):

     PHIL. Tāctus sum vehementer viscō;
     cor stimulō foditur. NIC. Pol tibi mul-
     tō aequius est coxendīcem.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coxendīx	coxendīcēs
Genitive	coxendīcis	coxendīcum
Dative	coxendīcī	coxendīcibus
Accusative	coxendīcem	coxendīcēs
Ablative	coxendīce	coxendīcibus
Vocative	coxendīx	coxendīcēs

References

1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “coxa”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140