buxus

See also: Buxus

Latin

Etymology

Uncertain. From Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos, “box tree”). But since the tree grew in Italy and is not native to Greece or Asia Minor, it could be a loan from Italy.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.sus/, [ˈbʊk.sʊs]

Noun

buxus f (genitive buxī); second declension

the evergreen box tree.
a thing made of boxwood.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	buxus	buxī
genitive	buxī	buxōrum
dative	buxō	buxīs
accusative	buxum	buxōs
ablative	buxō	buxīs
vocative	buxe	buxī

Related terms

buxētum
buxeus
buxifer

buxis
buxōsus
buxum

Descendants

Catalan: boix
English: box (borrowing)
Franco-Provençal: boués
French: buis
Friulian: bos
Galician: buxo
Italian: bosso, bossolo

Occitan: bois
Portuguese: buxo
Romanian: bucsău
Sicilian: busciu
Spanish: boj, bujo
Translingual: Buxus (borrowing)
Venetian: buso, bos

References

buxus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
buxus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
buxus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
buxus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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