coix

See also: Coix

English

Etymology

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Noun

coix (uncountable)

1. An East Asian grass, Coix lacryma-jobi, sometimes harvested as a cereal.

Anagrams

• oxic

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Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin cōxus (“lame”), from Latin coxa. Compare Spanish cojo, Portuguese coxo, Aragonese coixo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈkoʃ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkojʃ]

Adjective

coix (feminine coixa, masculine plural coixos, feminine plural coixes)

1. lame
2. wobbly (due to one leg being shorter)

Further reading

• “coix” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “coix”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “coix” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “coix” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόϊξ (kóïx).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈko.iks/, [ˈkoɪks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.iks/, [ˈkɔːiks]

Noun

coix f (genitive coicis); third declension

1. a kind of Ethiopian palm

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	coix	coicēs
Genitive	coicis	coicum
Dative	coicī	coicibus
Accusative	coicem	coicēs
Ablative	coice	coicibus
Vocative	coix	coicēs

Descendants

• Translingual: Coix

References

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