coxendix

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• (modern Italianate 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.

	singular	plural
nominative	coxendīx	coxendīcēs
genitive	coxendīcis	coxendīcum
dative	coxendīcī	coxendīcibus
accusative	coxendīcem	coxendīcēs
ablative	coxendīce	coxendīcibus
vocative	coxendīx	coxendīcēs