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|lshtext=<b>buxum</b>: i, n. id.,<br /><b>I</b> the [[wood]] of the boxtree (cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 509; 1, 625).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.: [[torno]] rasile, Verg. G. 2, 449: ora buxo Pallidiora, Ov. M. 4, 134: multifori [[tibia]] buxi, id. ib. 12, 158: buxoque simillimus Pallor, id. ib. 11, 417; cf. Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp. of objects made of boxwood.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[flute]], [[pipe]]: inflati [[murmur]] buxi, Ov. M. 14, 537: terebratum per rara foramina, id. F. 6, 697; id. P. 1, 1, 45: cava buxa, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 42: ad inspirata rotari Buxa, Stat. Th. 7, 171; Sen. Agam. 688.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[top]]: volubile, Verg. A. 7, 382: [[buxum]] torquere [[flagello]], Pers. 3, 52.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[comb]]: crines depectere buxo, Ov. F. 6, 229: [[caput]] intactum buxo, Juv. 14, 194.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A writingtablet, Prop. 3 (4), 23, 8; Schol. ad Hor. S. 1, 6, 74.—<br /><b>III</b> Transf., = [[buxus]], the boxtree, Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 231.
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