πυξών
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πῠξεών (puxeṓn)
Etymology
From πῠ́ξος (púxos, “box tree”) + -ών (-ṓn, plantation, grove).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pyk.sɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pykˈson/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pykˈson/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pykˈson/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pikˈson/
Noun
πῠξών • (puxṓn) m (genitive πῠξῶνος); third declension
- grove of box trees
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ πῠξών; τοῦ πῠξῶνος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ πῠξών ho puxṓn | τὼ πῠξῶνε tṑ puxône | οἱ πῠξῶνες hoi puxônes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πῠξῶνος toû puxônos | τοῖν πῠξώνοιν toîn puxṓnoin | τῶν πῠξώνων tôn puxṓnōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πῠξῶνῐ tôi puxôni | πῠξώνοιν puxṓnoin | τοῖς πῠξῶσῐ / πῠξῶσῐν toîs puxôsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πῠξῶνᾰ tòn puxôna | πῠξῶνε puxône | τοὺς πῠξῶνᾰς toùs puxônas | ||||||||||
Vocative | πῠξών puxṓn | πῠξῶνε puxône | πῠξῶνες puxônes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- πυξών in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πυξών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette