coxendix

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [kɔkˈsɛn.diːks]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [kokˈsɛn.diks]^[1]

Forms

coxendīx f (genitive coxendīcis); third declension^[1] The ī of the stem is long in Plautus and Lucilius, short in Serenus Sammonicus.^[2]

Etymology

It is inherited from Proto-Italic *koksednī-k-, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *koḱse-dn-iH-, related to coxa “hip”.^[3][1][4] Pinault relates Tocharian A ⟨kapśañi⟩ and Tocharian B ⟨kektseñe⟩ “body”.^[1] The OLD finds the suffix ⟨-endix⟩ doubtful and compares ⟨clacendix⟩.^[4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's earliest source is Plautus, whom he dates c. 250–184 BC, and Gaffiot cites the Bacchides.^[5][6]

Semantic evolution

It was the hip and the hip bone, as in Varro, and in Plautus the thigh.^[4][6]

Timeline

• c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it.^[6][5]
• c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it.^[2][5]
• 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of the hip.^[6][5]

Meanings

Noun

1. The hip; the hip bone.^[4]
2. The thigh.^[6]

Related words

• coxa

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
4. ^ a b c d Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
5. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ a b c d e Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.