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Δῶς μοι πᾶ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινάσωGive me a place to stand on, and I will move the Earth.

Archimedes

Latin > English

buxus buxi N F :: boxwood; a box tree; instrument, pipe, flute (usually made of boxwood)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

buxus: i, f., = πύξος (cf. Prisc. p. 549, and the letter B).
I Lit., the pale, evergreen box-tree, Enn. ap. Phylarg. l. l.: buxus densa foliis, Ov. A. A. 3, 691: crispata, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 110: horrida, id. ib. 2, 268: perpetuo virens, Ov. M. 10, 97; Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230; for its natural history, v. Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70 sq.—
II For things made of boxwood (cf. Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 172), a pipe or flute: tympana vos buxasque vocant Berecyntia. Verg. A. 9, 619 Forbig. ad loc.; Ov. M. 4, 30; Stat. Th. 2, 77; 9, 480; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 286; id. Rapt. Pros. 1, 209; 3, 130.

Latin > German (Georges)

buxus, ī, f. u. (seltener) buxum, ī, n. (πύξος), I) der Buchs = a) der Buchsbaum, Enn. fr., Verg., Ov. u. Plin. – b) das Buchsbaumholz, Plin. u. Verg.: ora buxo pallidiora, Ov. – II) meton. = aus Buchsbaum bereitete Gegenstände, wie: Flöte, Verg. Aen. 9, 616. Ov. met. 4, 30; 12, 158 u.a. Dichter: Kreisel, Verg. Aen. 7, 382. Pers. 3, 51: Kamm, Ov. fast. 6, 229. Iuven. 14, 194: Schreibtafel, Prop. 3, 23, 8. Prud. perist. 9, 49; vgl. Schol. Hor. sat. 1, 6, 74.

Latin > Chinese

buxus, i. f. :: 黄楊木樹