Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

Probably a substrate loanword from Italy, related to Latin buxus (box tree). Attempts by Scardigli, who looks for the origin of the term in Asia Minor, and by Carnoy, who connects it to Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (to bend), are unconvincing.

Pronunciation edit

 

Noun edit

πῠ́ξος (púxosf (genitive πῠ́ξου); second declension

  1. box tree (Buxus sempervirens)
  2. boxwood

Inflection edit

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