noun greek

pyxis

gen. pyxĭdis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

(puxis, Juv. 13, 25; Scrib. Comp. 228), , , = πυξίς.

a box; a small box ••

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).—

by extension •

Transf.: ferrea, an iron cap fitted to the lower end of a pestle, Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112.

Perseus ID: n39822 Key: pyxis