pyxis
See also: Pyxis
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin pyxis (“small box”). Doublet of box, piseog, and pyx.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pyxis (plural pyxides)
- A small box.
- (botany) A capsule in which the lid separates from the top of the fruit to release the seeds.
- Synonym: pyxidium
- A nautical compass.
- (Christianity) The box in which ashes are stored for Ash Wednesday.
- (anatomy) acetabulum.
Translations edit
botany: capsule for seeds — see pyxidium
nautical compass
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Christianity: box in which ashes are stored for Ash Wednesday
anatomy: acetabulum — see acetabulum
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís). Doublet of box, buks (“shotgun”), and bus (“container”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pyxis f (plural pyxiden or pyxissen, diminutive pyxisje n)
- Various types of small box:
- (Roman Catholicism) A small box for storing consecrated hosts, e.g. in a tabernacle or for travel when tending to the sick.
- (archaeology) A type of small box from Ancient Greece holding small, valuable items (such as jewellery, cosmetics or medicine).
Further reading edit
- pyxis on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpyk.sis/, [ˈpʏks̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpik.sis/, [ˈpiksis]
Noun edit
pyxis f (genitive pyxidis); third declension
- A small box, for holding medicines or toiletries.
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | pyxis | pyxidēs |
Genitive | pyxidis | pyxidum |
Dative | pyxidī | pyxidibus |
Accusative | pyxidem | pyxidēs |
Ablative | pyxide | pyxidibus |
Vocative | pyxis | pyxidēs |
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References edit
- “pyxis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “pyxis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pyxis 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)
- pyxis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “pyxis”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “pyxis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pyxis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin