pyxis

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English

Etymology

From Latin pyxis (“small box”). Doublet of box, piseog, and pyx.

Pronunciation

Noun

pyxis (plural pyxides)

  1. A small box.
  2. (botany) A capsule in which the lid separates from the top of the fruit to release the seeds.
    Synonym: pyxidium
  3. A nautical compass.
  4. (Christianity) The box in which ashes are stored for Ash Wednesday.
  5. (anatomy) acetabulum.

Translations

Dutch

Een Atheense pyxis uit de late vijfde eeuw voor Christus.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís). Doublet of box, buks (“shotgun”), and bus (“container”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpiksɪs/
  • Hyphenation: py‧xis

Noun

pyxis f (plural pyxiden or pyxissen, diminutive pyxisje n)

  1. various types of small box:
    1. (Roman Catholicism) a small box for storing consecrated hosts, e.g. in a tabernacle or for travel when tending to the sick
    2. (archaeology) a type of small box from Ancient Greece holding small, valuable items (such as jewellery, cosmetics or medicine)

Further reading

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).

Pronunciation

Noun

pyxis f (genitive pyxidis); third declension

  1. A small box, for holding medicines or toiletries.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative pyxis pyxidēs
genitive pyxidis pyxidum
dative pyxidī pyxidibus
accusative pyxidem pyxidēs
ablative pyxide pyxidibus
vocative pyxis pyxidēs

Descendants

  • → Catalan: pixis, píxide
  • → English: pyxis, pyx
  • → German: Pyxis

References

  • “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
  • “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
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