podex Latin · revision 9620

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Lucilius|origins=ine-pro *pesd-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈpoː.dɛks]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈpɔː.deks]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''pōdex''' ''m'' (genitive pōdicis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is an ablaut formation from [[ine-pro|*pesd-|t=to fart]], the root of [[pēdō]] “to break wind”, with a stem ⟨*pozd-⟩: “the one that farts”.^(Wiktionary)^(TLL)^(OLD 2012) De Vaan traces ⟨pēdō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*pezd-e/o-]].^(de Vaan 2008) The OLD compares [[grc|πέρδομαι|tr=pérdomai|t=to break wind]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Lucilius, whom he dates c. 180–102 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was the anus, the fundament, as in Horace and Juvenal.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ British Medieval Latin glossaries used it for the anus, with ''clūnēs'' and ''cūlus''.^(DMLBS) German ''Podex'' is from it.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 67–c. 127 AD – Juvenal uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|anus]], fundament.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[pēdō]]

+ * [[cūlus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}