buxus

See also: Buxus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin buxus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbʏk.sʏs/
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Hyphenation: bu‧xus

Noun

buxus m (plural buxussen)

European boxwood, Buxus sempervirens
Synonyms: buksboom, steekpalm

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. From Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos, “box tree”). But since the tree grew in Italy and is not native to Greece or Asia Minor, it could be a loan from Italy.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.sus/, [ˈbʊks̠ʊs̠]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.sus/, [ˈbuksus]

Noun

buxus f (genitive buxī); second declension

the evergreen box tree.
a thing made of boxwood.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buxus	buxī
Genitive	buxī	buxōrum
Dative	buxō	buxīs
Accusative	buxum	buxōs
Ablative	buxō	buxīs
Vocative	buxe	buxī

Related terms

buxētum
buxeus
buxifer
pyxis
buxis
buxōsus
buxum

Descendants

Catalan: boix
→ German: Buchs
→ English: box
Franco-Provençal: boués
French: buis
Friulian: bos
Galician: buxo
Italian: bosso, bossolo
Occitan: bois
Portuguese: buxo
Romanian: bucsău, buștean
Sicilian: busciu, busa (plural only)
Spanish: boj, bujo
Translingual: Buxus (borrowing)
Venetian: buso, bos
Walloon: bos, bouxhe

References

“buxus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“buxus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
buxus 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)
buxus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette