πυξίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

    From πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos, “boxwood”) +‎ -ῐς (-ĭs, feminine suffix).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    πῠξῐ́ς • (pŭxĭ́s) f (genitive πῠξῐ́δος); third declension

    1. box made of boxwood, box
    2. tablet made of boxwood
    3. cylinder

    Inflection

    Third declension of ἡ πῠξῐ́ς; τῆς πῠξῐ́δος (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ἡ πῠξῐ́ς
    hē pŭxĭ́s     		τὼ πῠξῐ́δε
    tṑ pŭxĭ́de     		αἱ πῠξῐ́δες
    hai pŭxĭ́des
    Genitive τῆς πῠξῐ́δος
    tês pŭxĭ́dos     		τοῖν πῠξῐ́δοιν
    toîn pŭxĭ́doin     		τῶν πῠξῐ́δων
    tôn pŭxĭ́dōn
    Dative τῇ πῠξῐ́δῐ
    tēî pŭxĭ́dĭ     		τοῖν πῠξῐ́δοιν
    toîn pŭxĭ́doin     		ταῖς πῠξῐ́σῐ / πῠξῐ́σῐν
    taîs pŭxĭ́sĭ(n)
    Accusative τὴν πῠξῐ́δᾰ
    tḕn pŭxĭ́dă     		τὼ πῠξῐ́δε
    tṑ pŭxĭ́de     		τᾱ̀ς πῠξῐ́δᾰς
    tā̀s pŭxĭ́dăs
    Vocative πῠξῐ́ς
    pŭxĭ́s     		πῠξῐ́δε
    pŭxĭ́de     		πῠξῐ́δες
    pŭxĭ́des
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
    • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

    Descendants

    • → Late Latin: buxis (see there for further descendants)
    • → Latin: pyxis, puxis, pixis (Medieval Latin)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πύξος (> DER > 2. -ίς)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1259

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