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πυξίς?

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration: pyxis

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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πυξίς πυξίδε πυξίδες
Genitive πυξίδος πυξίδοιν πυξίδων
Dative πυξίδι πυξίδοιν πυξίσι(ν)
Accusative πυξίδα πυξίδε πυξίδας
Vocative πυξί πυξίδε πυξίδες

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)
  • Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ καὶ τὴν ἰατρικὴν πυξίδα καλοῦσι κυλιχνίδα διὰ τὸ τῷ τόρνῳ κεκυλίσθαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 605)
  • Ταῦτ εἰποῦσα προκομίζει τὴν πυξίδα παντάπασιν ἔχουσαν τοῦ φαρμάκου βραχύ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 842:1)
  • βασιλεὺς δ ἐπὶ τὴν μητέρα τὴν Ἀντιφίλου καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν τὰς βασάνους μετέφερεν, κἀκεῖνοι τὸν Ἀντίφιλον κομίσαι τε ἀπ Αἰγύπτου τὴν πυξίδα ὡμολόγουν καὶ λαβεῖν παρ ἀδελφοῦ τὸ φάρμακον ἔφασκον ἰατρεύοντος ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ. (Flavius Josephus, De bello Judaico libri vii, 842:2)
  • ταῦτα εἰποῦσα τό τε φάρμακον καὶ τὴν πυξίδα εἰς τὸ μέσον παρῆγεν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 17 93:1)

Synonyms

  1. cylinder

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