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Γυναιξὶ πάσαις κόσμον ἡ σιγὴ φέρει → Decus affert omni mulieri silentium → Es bringt das Schweigen Zierde einer jeden Frau

Menander, Monostichoi, 83

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

coxa: ae, f.,
I the hip.
I Prop, Cels. 4, 22, 1; 8, 1 fin.; 8, 10, 5; Cael. Aur. Tard. 4, 3, 38; cf. also coxendix.—Hence,
   B The hip-bone, Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 5.—
II Transf., in the Agrimensores: agrorum, a bend inwards (with angulus), Sic. Fl. p. 6 Goes.