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|Full diacritics=πυξίς
|Medium diacritics=πυξίς
|Low diacritics=πυξίς
|Capitals=ΠΥΞΙΣ
|Transliteration A=pyxís
|Transliteration B=pyxis
|Transliteration C=pyksis
|Beta Code=puci/s
|Definition=ίδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">box of box-wood</b>: generally, <b class="b2">box</b> (cf. <span class="bibl">A.D.<span class="title">Synt.</span>249.1</span>), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span> 125.26</span> (i A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>4324.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Asin.</span>12</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Philops.</span>21</span>, etc.; π. χαλκῆ <span class="bibl">Trypho <span class="title">Trop.</span>1.2</span>; π. ἰατρικαί <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>77.28</span>, cf. Dsc.3.11; for poison, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>1.30.7</span>; so Lat. <b class="b2">pyxis</b>, Cic.<span class="title">Cael.</span>25.61, Juv.13.25. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">cylinder</b> in which a piston works, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Spir.</span>1.28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> = [[πυξίον]] <span class="bibl">1</span>, <span class="bibl">Eust.632.57</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> name of a <b class="b2">plaster</b>, <span class="bibl">Aët.12.63</span>, <span class="bibl">15.15</span>, <span class="bibl">Paul.Aeg. 3.78</span>.</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0818.png Seite 818]] ίδος, ἡ, Büchse aus Buxbaumholz, Luc. Asin. 14 u. A.; Hesych. erkl. πυξίδα, δίπτυχα.
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