podex

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpoː.deks/, [ˈpoː.dɛks]

NounEdit

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 0394586603:

     Podex perfectus es.

     You are a total asshole.

2. fundament

InflectionEdit

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	pōdex	pōdicēs
genitive	pōdicis	pōdicum
dative	pōdicī	pōdicibus
accusative	pōdicem	pōdicēs
ablative	pōdice	pōdicibus
vocative	pōdex	pōdicēs

ReferencesEdit

• 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 Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)