pyxis
Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος (Κατὰ Ἰωάννην 1:1) → In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
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 || capsule métallique : Plin. 18, 112.
Latin > German (Georges)
pyxis, idis, Akk. Plur. idas, f. (πυξίς), die Büchse, das Büchschen, I) eig., zur Arznei, Salbe usw., eigentl. aus Buchsbaum, dann auch aus anderem Holze, aus Eisen, Blech usw., pyxis veneni, Cic.: aurea, Suet.: stannea, Plin.: auf dem Putztisch, non tamen expositas mensā deprendat amator pyxidas, Ov.: ad dominae vultus... eas; pyxidas invenies et rerum mille colores, Ov. – puxis geschr., Scrib. Larg. 80 u. 228. – II) übtr., p. ferrea, ein (viell. hohles, büchsenförmiges) Eisen im Mörser zum Stampfen, Plin. 18, 112.
