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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=buxus buxi N F :: boxwood; a box tree; instrument, pipe, flute (usually made of boxwood)
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>buxus</b>: i, f., = [[πύξος]] (cf. Prisc. p. 549, and the [[letter]] B).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., the [[pale]], evergreen [[box]]-[[tree]], Enn. ap. Phylarg. l. l.: [[buxus]] densa foliis, Ov. A. A. 3, 691: crispata, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 110: horrida, id. ib. 2, 268: [[perpetuo]] [[virens]], Ov. M. 10, 97; Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230; for its [[natural]] [[history]], v. Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70 sq.—<br /><b>II</b> For things made of boxwood (cf. Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 172), a [[pipe]] or [[flute]]: tympana vos buxasque vocant Berecyntia. Verg. A. 9, 619 Forbig. ad loc.; Ov. M. 4, 30; Stat. Th. 2, 77; 9, 480; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 286; id. Rapt. Pros. 1, 209; 3, 130.
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{{Georges
|georg=buxus, ī, f. u. (seltener) [[buxum]], ī, n. ([[πύξος]]), I) der Buchs = a) der [[Buchsbaum]], Enn. fr., Verg., Ov. u. Plin. – b) das Buchsbaumholz, Plin. u. Verg.: [[ora]] buxo pallidiora, Ov. – II) meton. = aus [[Buchsbaum]] bereitete Gegenstände, [[wie]]: [[Flöte]], Verg. Aen. 9, 616. Ov. [[met]]. 4, 30; 12, 158 u.a. Dichter: [[Kreisel]], Verg. Aen. 7, 382. Pers. 3, 51: [[Kamm]], Ov. [[fast]]. 6, 229. Iuven. 14, 194: [[Schreibtafel]], Prop. 3, 23, 8. Prud. perist. 9, 49; vgl. Schol. Hor. [[sat]]. 1, 6, 74.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=buxus, i. f. :: [[黄楊木樹]]
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