pyxis
μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale
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
