English

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

Noun

coxa ‎(plural coxae)

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

Related terms

• coxal
• coxa valga
• coxa vara

Translations

Anagrams

• coax

Galician

Etymology

From Latin coxa.

Noun

coxa f ‎(plural coxas)

1. (anatomy) thigh, the upper leg

See also

• perna

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-, whence also Old Irish cos ‎(“foot, leg”) and Welsh coes ‎(“leg, shank”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkok.sa/, [ˈkɔk.sa]

Noun

coxa f ‎(genitive coxae); first declension

1. (anatomy) hip (joint), hipbone
2. (Medieval Latin) thigh

Declension

First declension.

Synonyms

• (hip-joint of hipbone): ischion (Grecian)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “coxa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ʃɐ/

Etymology 1

From Latin coxa ‎(“hip”).

Noun

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)

Derived terms

Noun

coxa m f (plural coxas)

1. Short for coxa-branca.

Adjective

coxa ‎(invariable, comparable)

1. Short for coxa-branca.

Etymology 2

Adjective

coxa f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective coxo.