coxo

Galician

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈkoʃo̝]

Etymology 1

From Latin cōxus, perhaps from coxa (“hip”). Compare Portuguese coxo, Spanish cojo.

Adjective

coxo (feminine coxa, masculine plural coxos, feminine plural coxas)

  1. lame
    Synonym: rengo
Derived terms

Noun

coxo m (plural coxos, feminine coxa, feminine plural coxas)

  1. lame
    Synonym: rengo
    • c. 1300, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 203:
      malato, coxo, nẽ cego, nẽ mãco, nẽ uil
      [nor] leper, [nor] lame, nor blind, nor maimed, nor vile person

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin cossus (“woodworm”). Compare regional Italian cosso (“pimple”), Romanian coș (“pimple, zit”).

Noun

coxo m (plural coxos)

  1. eczema, rush, caused by (or attributed to) the venom of snakes, spiders, vermin or bugs
Derived terms
  • coxillo

References
  • “coxo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “coxo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “coxo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “coxo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “coxo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Latin

Etymology

From coxa (“thigh”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

Noun

coxō m (genitive coxōnis); third declension

  1. A hobbling or lame person

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coxō coxōnēs
Genitive coxōnis coxōnum
Dative coxōnī coxōnibus
Accusative coxōnem coxōnēs
Ablative coxōne coxōnibus
Vocative coxō coxōnēs

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin cōxus, perhaps from coxa (“hip”). Compare Galician coxo, Spanish cojo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈko.ʃu/

  • Rhymes: -oʃu
  • Hyphenation: co‧xo

Adjective

coxo (feminine coxa, masculine plural coxos, feminine plural coxas)

  1. lame (unable to walk properly)
    Synonyms: manco, perneta, capenga
  2. (figuratively) incomplete
    Synonym: incompleto
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