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coxa

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See also: Coxa and соха

English

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Diagram of an insect’s leg. The coxa is the second segment shown from the left.

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂
Proto-Italic *koksā
Latin coxalbor.
English coxa

    Learned borrowing from Latin coxa, from Proto-Italic *koksā,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂, from *koḱs- (“joint, limb”) + *-eh₂. Doublet of cuisse.

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    coxa (plural coxae)

    1. (anatomy) The basal segment of a limb of various arthropods (insects and spiders, for example).

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    Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-
    Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
    Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂
    Proto-Italic *koksā
    Late Latin coxa
    Old Galician-Portuguese coixa
    Galician coxa

      Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coixa, from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Proto-Italic *koksā,[2] from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂, from *koḱs- (“joint, limb”) + *-eh₂.

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      coxa f (plural coxas)

      1. (anatomy) thigh, the upper leg
        Synonym: coxote
        • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 67:
          se vsaren cauallgar en el por toios ou por llugares asperos a esto semellauijs, ven o Cauallo vsado a saltar et andar porllos llugares sobreditos, alçara as coixas et os pees mais apostamente pollos outros llugares
          if they happen to ride in [the horse] through gorses or through rough places similar to that, and the horse is used to jump and walk by the aforementioned places, then he will raise the thighs and the feet more handsomely when in other places
      2. (of chicken) leg

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      Latin

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      Etymology

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      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-
      Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
      Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂
      Proto-Italic *koksā
      Latin coxa

        Inherited from Proto-Italic *koksā,[3] from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂, from *koḱs- (“joint, limb”) + *-eh₂. Whence also coxendīx, Old Irish cos (“foot, leg”) and Welsh coes (“leg, shank”).

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        coxa f (genitive coxae); first declension

        1. (anatomy) hip (joint), hipbone
          Synonyms: coxendīx, (Grecian) ischion
        2. (Late Latin) thigh

        Declension

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        First-declension noun.

        singular plural
        nominative coxa coxae
        genitive coxae coxārum
        dative coxae coxīs
        accusative coxam coxās
        ablative coxā coxīs
        vocative coxa coxae

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        References

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        • “coxa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
        • “coxa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
        • “coxa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
        1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
        2. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
        3. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140

        Portuguese

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        Etymology 1

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        Etymology tree
        Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-
        Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
        Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂
        Proto-Italic *koksā
        Late Latin coxa
        Old Galician-Portuguese coixa
        Portuguese coxa

          Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese coixa, from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Proto-Italic *koksā,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂, from *koḱs- (“joint, limb”) + *-eh₂.

          Noun

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          coxa f (plural coxas)

          1. thigh (part of the leg above the knee)
          2. drumstick (leg of a bird eaten as food)
          3. (arthropod anatomy) coxa (basal segment of some arthropods’ limbs)
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          Noun

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          coxa m or f by sense (plural coxas)

          1. clipping of coxa-branca

          Adjective

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          coxa (invariable)

          1. clipping of coxa-branca

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          Adjective

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          coxa

          1. feminine singular of coxo

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          Noun

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          coxa f (plural coxas)

          1. coxa

          Further reading

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          1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 140
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