πυξίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πῠ́ξος (púxos, “boxwood”) + -ῐς (-is, feminine suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pyk.sís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pykˈsis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pykˈsis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pykˈsis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pikˈsis/
Noun
πῠξῐ́ς • (puxís) f (genitive πῠξῐ́δος); third declension
- box made of boxwood, box
- tablet made of boxwood
- cylinder
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ πῠξῐ́ς; τῆς πῠξῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πῠξῐ́ς hē puxís | τὼ πῠξῐ́δε tṑ puxíde | αἱ πῠξῐ́δες hai puxídes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πῠξῐ́δος tês puxídos | τοῖν πῠξῐ́δοιν toîn puxídoin | τῶν πῠξῐ́δων tôn puxídōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πῠξῐ́δῐ têi puxídi | τοῖν πῠξῐ́δοιν toîn puxídoin | ταῖς πῠξῐ́σῐ / πῠξῐ́σῐν taîs puxísi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πῠξῐ́δᾰ tḕn puxída | τὼ πῠξῐ́δε tṑ puxíde | τᾱ̀ς πῠξῐ́δᾰς tā̀s puxídas | ||||||||||
Vocative | πῠξῐ́ς puxís | πῠξῐ́δε puxíde | πῠξῐ́δες puxídes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Late Latin: buxis (see there for further descendants)
- → Latin: pyxis, pixis
- → English: pyxis
References
- πυξίς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πυξίς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πυξίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette