πυξών
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πῠξεών (pŭxeṓn)
Etymology
From πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos, “box tree”) + -ών (-ṓn, plantation, grove).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pyk.sɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pykˈson/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pykˈson/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pykˈson/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pikˈson/
Noun
πῠξών • (pŭxṓn) m (genitive πῠξῶνος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πῠξών ho pŭxṓn |
τὼ πῠξῶνε tṑ pŭxône |
οἱ πῠξῶνες hoi pŭxônes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πῠξῶνος toû pŭxônos |
τοῖν πῠξώνοιν toîn pŭxṓnoin |
τῶν πῠξώνων tôn pŭxṓnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πῠξῶνῐ tōî pŭxônĭ |
τοῖν πῠξώνοιν toîn pŭxṓnoin |
τοῖς πῠξῶσῐ / πῠξῶσῐν toîs pŭxôsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πῠξῶνᾰ tòn pŭxônă |
τὼ πῠξῶνε tṑ pŭxône |
τοὺς πῠξῶνᾰς toùs pŭxônăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πῠξών pŭxṓn |
πῠξῶνε pŭxône |
πῠξῶνες pŭxônes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πυξών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πυξών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette