coxo

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoʃo̝]

Etymology 1

From Latin cōxus, perhaps from coxa (“hip”). Compare Portuguese coxo, Spanish cojo.

Adjective

coxo (feminine coxa, masculine plural coxos, feminine plural coxas)

1. lame

   Synonym: rengo

Derived terms

• coxear
• coxeira

Related terms

• coxa

Noun

coxo m (plural coxos, feminine coxa, feminine plural coxas)

1. lame

   Synonym: rengo

   • c. 1300, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 203:

     malato, coxo, nẽ cego, nẽ mãco, nẽ uil

     [nor] leper, [nor] lame, nor blind, nor maimed, nor vile person

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin cossus (“woodworm”). Compare regional Italian cosso (“pimple”), Romanian coș (“pimple, zit”).

Noun

coxo m (plural coxos)

1. eczema, rush, caused by (or attributed to) the venom of snakes, spiders, vermin or bugs

Derived terms

• coxillo

References

• “coxo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “coxo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “coxo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “coxo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “coxo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Etymology

From coxa (“thigh”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkok.soː/, [ˈkɔks̠oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkok.so/, [ˈkɔkso]

Noun

coxō m (genitive coxōnis); third declension

1. A hobbling or lame person

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coxō	coxōnēs
Genitive	coxōnis	coxōnum
Dative	coxōnī	coxōnibus
Accusative	coxōnem	coxōnēs
Ablative	coxōne	coxōnibus
Vocative	coxō	coxōnēs

References

• “coxo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• coxo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cōxus, perhaps from coxa (“hip”). Compare Galician coxo, Spanish cojo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈko.ʃu/

• Rhymes: -oʃu
• Hyphenation: co‧xo

Adjective

coxo (feminine coxa, masculine plural coxos, feminine plural coxas)

1. lame (unable to walk properly)

   Synonyms: manco, perneta, capenga

2. (figuratively) incomplete

   Synonym: incompleto