coix

See also: Coix

English

Noun

coix (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

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

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόϊξ (kóïx).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈko.iks/, [ˈkɔ.ɪks]

Noun

coix f (genitive coicis); third declension

  1. a kind of Ethiopian palm

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative coix coicēs
genitive coicis coicum
dative coicī coicibus
accusative coicem coicēs
ablative coice coicibus
vocative coix coicēs

Descendants

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
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