buxum

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Icelandic

Noun

buxum

  1. indefinite dative of buxur

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

buxum n (genitive buxī); second declension

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

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative buxum buxa
genitive buxī buxōrum
dative buxō buxīs
accusative buxum buxa
ablative buxō buxīs
vocative buxum buxa

Etymology 2

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbuksum/
  • (Northern) IPA(key): /ˈbuː(x)sum/, /ˈbɔ(x)sum/

Adjective

buxum

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

References