"πυξίς" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πυξίς in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /pyk.sís/, /pykˈsis/, /pikˈsis/, /pyk.sís/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /pykˈsis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /pykˈsis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /pykˈsis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /pikˈsis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos, “boxwood”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine suffix). Etymology templates: {{etymon|grc|af|πῠ́ξος>box tree|-ις>feminine suffix|id=box}}, {{af|grc|πῠ́ξος|-ῐς|pos2=feminine suffix|t1=boxwood}} πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos, “boxwood”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine suffix) Head templates: {{grc-noun|πῠξῐ́δος|f|third|head=πῠξῐ́ς}} πῠξῐ́ς • (pŭxĭ́s) f (genitive πῠξῐ́δος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|πῠξῐ́ς|πῠξῐ́δος}} Forms: πῠξῐ́ς [canonical], pŭxĭ́s [romanization], πῠξῐ́δος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ πῠξῐ́ς [nominative, singular], πῠξῐ́δε [dual, nominative], αἱ πῠξῐ́δες [nominative, plural], τῆς πῠξῐ́δος [genitive, singular], πῠξῐ́δοιν [dual, genitive], πῠξῐ́δων [genitive, plural], τῇ πῠξῐ́δῐ [dative, singular], πῠξῐ́δοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς πῠξῐ́σῐ [dative, plural], πῠξῐ́σῐν [dative, plural], taîs pŭxĭ́sĭ [dative, plural], taîs pŭxĭ́sĭn [dative, plural], τὴν πῠξῐ́δᾰ [accusative, singular], πῠξῐ́δε [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς πῠξῐ́δᾰς [accusative, plural], πῠξῐ́ς [singular, vocative], πῠξῐ́δε [dual, vocative], πῠξῐ́δες [plural, vocative]
  1. box made of boxwood, box
    Sense id: en-πυξίς-grc-noun-KkMDu~D~ Categories (other): Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ις, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Containers Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ις: 26 39 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 50 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 50 4 Disambiguation of Containers: 46 49 5
  2. tablet made of boxwood
    Sense id: en-πυξίς-grc-noun-H8xGk8lk Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ις, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Containers Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries referencing etymons with invalid IDs: 31 42 28 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 32 43 25 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ις: 26 39 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 50 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 46 50 4 Disambiguation of Containers: 46 49 5
  3. cylinder
    Sense id: en-πυξίς-grc-noun-BfoJZcfD Categories (other): Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ις Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension: 19 35 46 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ις: 26 39 36
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            "2": "buxis",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Late Latin: buxis",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Late Latin: buxis (see there for further descendants)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
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          "expansion": "→ Latin: pyxis, puxis, pixis (Medieval Latin)\n→ Catalan: pixis, píxide\n→ English: pyxis, pyx\n→ German: Pyxis",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos, “boxwood”) + -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine suffix).",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "πῠξῐ́δος",
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      "form": "Attic declension-3",
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      "form": "ἡ πῠξῐ́ς",
      "roman": "hē pŭxĭ́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "πῠξῐ́δε",
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        "nominative"
      ]
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      "form": "αἱ πῠξῐ́δες",
      "roman": "hai pŭxĭ́des",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "roman": "tês pŭxĭ́dos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠξῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "pŭxĭ́doin",
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        "genitive"
      ]
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      "form": "πῠξῐ́δων",
      "roman": "pŭxĭ́dōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "τῇ πῠξῐ́δῐ",
      "roman": "têi pŭxĭ́dĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠξῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "pŭxĭ́doin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς πῠξῐ́σῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠξῐ́σῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "taîs pŭxĭ́sĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs pŭxĭ́sĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν πῠξῐ́δᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn pŭxĭ́dă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς πῠξῐ́δᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s pŭxĭ́dăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠξῐ́ς",
      "roman": "pŭxĭ́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠξῐ́δε",
      "roman": "pŭxĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠξῐ́δες",
      "roman": "pŭxĭ́des",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "_dis": "26 39 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ις",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "name": "Containers",
          "orig": "grc:Containers",
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        "box made of boxwood, box"
      ],
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          "boxwood"
        ],
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          "box",
          "box"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "32 43 25",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Containers",
          "orig": "grc:Containers",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "tablet made of boxwood"
      ],
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cylinder"
      ],
      "id": "en-πυξίς-grc-noun-BfoJZcfD",
      "links": [
        [
          "cylinder",
          "cylinder"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pyk.sís/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pykˈsis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pikˈsis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pyk.sís/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pykˈsis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pykˈsis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pykˈsis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pikˈsis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πυξίς"
}
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    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
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    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
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        }
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
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      "form": "πῠξῐ́δος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    {
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "grc-decl",
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    },
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        "class"
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    {
      "form": "ἡ πῠξῐ́ς",
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        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "πῠξῐ́δε",
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        "nominative"
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    {
      "form": "αἱ πῠξῐ́δες",
      "roman": "hai pŭxĭ́des",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς πῠξῐ́δος",
      "roman": "tês pŭxĭ́dos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠξῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "pŭxĭ́doin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠξῐ́δων",
      "roman": "pŭxĭ́dōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ πῠξῐ́δῐ",
      "roman": "têi pŭxĭ́dĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠξῐ́δοιν",
      "roman": "pŭxĭ́doin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς πῠξῐ́σῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠξῐ́σῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs pŭxĭ́sĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "taîs pŭxĭ́sĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν πῠξῐ́δᾰ",
      "roman": "tḕn pŭxĭ́dă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠξῐ́δε",
      "roman": "pŭxĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς πῠξῐ́δᾰς",
      "roman": "tā̀s pŭxĭ́dăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠξῐ́ς",
      "roman": "pŭxĭ́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠξῐ́δε",
      "roman": "pŭxĭ́de",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πῠξῐ́δες",
      "roman": "pŭxĭ́des",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πῠξῐ́δος",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "πῠξῐ́ς"
      },
      "expansion": "πῠξῐ́ς • (pŭxĭ́s) f (genitive πῠξῐ́δος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "πῠξῐ́ς",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "box made of boxwood, box"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "boxwood",
          "boxwood"
        ],
        [
          "box",
          "box"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tablet made of boxwood"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tablet",
          "tablet"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "cylinder"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cylinder",
          "cylinder"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pyk.sís/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pykˈsis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pikˈsis/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pyk.sís/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pykˈsis/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pykˈsis/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pykˈsis/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pikˈsis/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πυξίς"
}

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