πύξος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Since the tree grew in Italy and is not native to Greece or Asia Minor, it could be a Pre-Greek substrate loan from Italy (cf. Latin buxus).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pýk.sos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpyk.sos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpyk.sos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpyk.sos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpik.sos/

Noun

πῠ́ξος • (púxos) f (genitive πῠ́ξου); second declension

box tree, Buxus sempervirens, boxwood

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πῠ́ξος; τοῦ πῠ́ξου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠ́ξος ho púxos	τὼ πῠ́ξω tṑ púxō	οἱ πῠ́ξοι hoi púxoi
Genitive	τοῦ πῠ́ξου toû púxou	τοῖν πῠ́ξοιν toîn púxoin	τῶν πῠ́ξων tôn púxōn
Dative	τῷ πῠ́ξῳ tôi púxōi	τοῖν πῠ́ξοιν toîn púxoin	τοῖς πῠ́ξοις toîs púxois
Accusative	τὸν πῠ́ξον tòn púxon	τὼ πῠ́ξω tṑ púxō	τοὺς πῠ́ξους toùs púxous
Vocative	πῠ́ξε púxe	πῠ́ξω púxō	πῠ́ξοι púxoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

πύξινος (púxinos)