buxum

buxum

Icelandic

Noun

buxum

1. indefinite dative of buxur

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.sum/, [ˈbʊks̠ʊ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.sum/, [ˈbuksum]

Noun

buxum n (genitive buxī); second declension

1. alternative form of buxus (“boxwood, box tree”)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buxum	buxa
Genitive	buxī	buxōrum
Dative	buxō	buxīs
Accusative	buxum	buxa
Ablative	buxō	buxīs
Vocative	buxum	buxa

Noun

buxum

1. accusative singular of buxus

References

• “buxum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “buxum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• buxum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• buxum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “buxum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “buxum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• boȝsam, bousome, bowsom, boxom, boxum, buhsum, buxom, boxom

Etymology

From Old English *būhsum; equivalent to bowen +‎ -som.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuksum/, /ˈbuːsum/

Adjective

buxum

1. obediant, compliant
2. humble, kind
3. bending, twisted

Derived terms

• buxumly

Descendants

• English: buxom, bucksome
• Scots: boosam (Orkney)

References

• “buxǒm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.