podex

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin pordicem, from Proto-Indo-European *perd-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.deks/, [ˈpoːd̪ɛks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.deks/, [ˈpɔːd̪eks]

Noun

pōdex m (genitive pōdicis); third declension

1. (vulgar) (anatomy) anus, rectum
   • c. 30 BCE, Horace, Epodes 8:

     […] hietque turpis inter aridas natis podex […]

     […] & an anus yawning between arid buttocks […]

   • 1990, Henry Beard, Latin for All Occassions, →ISBN:

     Podex perfectus es.

     You are a total asshole.

2. fundament

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	pōdex	pōdicēs
Genitive	pōdicis	pōdicum
Dative	pōdicī	pōdicibus
Accusative	pōdicem	pōdicēs
Ablative	pōdice	pōdicibus
Vocative	pōdex	pōdicēs

References

• “podex”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “podex”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• podex in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.