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|lshtext=<b>pyxis</b>: ([[puxis]], Juv. 13, 25; Scrib. Comp. 228), ĭdis, f., = [[πυξίς]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., a [[box]], a [[small]] [[box]], esp. for unguents, medicines, etc. — Orig., of boxes made of boxwood, [[then]] of those of [[any]] [[kind]] of [[wood]], and [[finally]], also, of metallic boxes: veneni, Cic. Cael. 25, 61: [[aurea]], Suet. Ner. 47; cf. id. ib. 12: cornea, Plin. 21, 20, 81, § 137: plumbea, id. 32, 10, 47, § 135.—Belonging to the [[toilet]] of women, Petr. 110; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 83 (al. buxides).—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.: [[ferrea]], an [[iron]] [[cap]] fitted to the [[lower]] [[end]] of a [[pestle]], Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112. | |lshtext=<b>pyxis</b>: ([[puxis]], Juv. 13, 25; Scrib. Comp. 228), ĭdis, f., = [[πυξίς]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., a [[box]], a [[small]] [[box]], esp. for unguents, medicines, etc. — Orig., of boxes made of boxwood, [[then]] of those of [[any]] [[kind]] of [[wood]], and [[finally]], also, of metallic boxes: veneni, Cic. Cael. 25, 61: [[aurea]], Suet. Ner. 47; cf. id. ib. 12: cornea, Plin. 21, 20, 81, § 137: plumbea, id. 32, 10, 47, § 135.—Belonging to the [[toilet]] of women, Petr. 110; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 83 (al. buxides).—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.: [[ferrea]], an [[iron]] [[cap]] fitted to the [[lower]] [[end]] of a [[pestle]], Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112. | ||
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|gf=<b>pyxis</b>,¹² ĭdis, f. ([[πυξίς]]), petite boîte, coffret : Cic. Cæl. 63 ; Suet. [[Nero]] 47 ; Plin. 21, 137 || capsule métallique : Plin. 18, 112. | |||
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Revision as of 06:46, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pyxis: (puxis, Juv. 13, 25; Scrib. Comp. 228), ĭdis, f., = πυξίς.
I Lit., a box, a small box, esp. for unguents, medicines, etc. — Orig., of boxes made of boxwood, then of those of any kind of wood, and finally, also, of metallic boxes: veneni, Cic. Cael. 25, 61: aurea, Suet. Ner. 47; cf. id. ib. 12: cornea, Plin. 21, 20, 81, § 137: plumbea, id. 32, 10, 47, § 135.—Belonging to the toilet of women, Petr. 110; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 83 (al. buxides).—
II Transf.: ferrea, an iron cap fitted to the lower end of a pestle, Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pyxis,¹² ĭdis, f. (πυξίς), petite boîte, coffret : Cic. Cæl. 63 ; Suet. Nero 47 ; Plin. 21, 137
