coxam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →coxus, coxa, coxum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
lame;
acc. sg. (f.) - Entry →coxa, coxae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
hip (of human); haunch (of animal); hip bone (L+S); bend inwards;
acc. sg.
Examples
Satura XV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Turnus et Aiax, uel quo Tydides percussit pondere coxam Aeneae, sed quem ualeant emittere dextrae illis dissimiles..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...poscit apri glandulas, quater lumbum, et utramque coxam leporis et duos armos, nec erubescit peierare de turdo..."
