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πυξίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυξίς πυξίδος

Structure: πυξιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. box made of boxwood, box
  2. tablet made of boxwood
  3. cylinder

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "οὗτοσ ἐπειδὰν μόνον ἡ θρυαλλὶσ ἀποσβῇ, περίεισιν τὴν οἰκίαν ὅλην ἐν κύκλῳ ψοφῶν καὶ τὰσ πυξίδασ ἀνατρέπων καὶ τὰ φάρμακα συγχέων καὶ τὴν θυίαν περιτρέπων, καὶ μάλιστα ἐπειδὰν τὴν θυσίαν ὑπερβαλώμεθα, ἣν κατὰ τὸ ἔτοσ ἕκαστον αὐτῷ θύομεν. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 19:2)

Synonyms

  1. cylinder

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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