hallux

== English == === Etymology === From Late Latin hallux, from Latin allus, hallus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhæləks/ Rhymes: -æləks === Noun === hallux (plural halluces or halluxes) (anatomy) A big toe. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === pollex == Latin == === Alternative forms === allux === Etymology === There is a relation to hallus and allex. Might be a conflation of both. The word-initial h might stem from an assumed connection with ἅλλομαι (hállomai). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhal.lʊks] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈal.luks] === Noun === hallux m (genitive hallucis); third declension (Late Latin) the big toe Synonyms: allex, pollex, hallus ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: alluce → Catalan: hàllux → English: hallux → Portuguese: hálux → Spanish: hallux === References === "allux", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) == Spanish == === Noun === hallux m (plural hallux) hallux