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LNS

buxum, buxī

noun (n., 2^nd declension)

the wood of the boxtree
A flute, pipe
A top
A comb
A writingtablet
the boxtree

Abbreviations

buxum, i, n. id., the wood of the boxtree (cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 509; 1, 625). In gen.: torno rasile, Verg. G. 2, 449: ora buxo Pallidiora, Ov. M. 4, 134: multifori tibia buxi, id. ib. 12, 158: buxoque simillimus Pallor, id. ib. 11, 417; cf. Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70.

— Esp. of objects made of boxwood. A flute, pipe: inflati murmur buxi, Ov. M. 14, 537: terebratum per rara foramina, id. F. 6, 697; id. P. 1, 1, 45: cava buxa, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 42: ad inspirata rotari Buxa, Stat. Th. 7, 171; Sen. Agam. 688.

— A top: volubile, Verg. A. 7, 382: buxum torquere flagello, Pers. 3, 52.

— A comb: crines depectere buxo, Ov. F. 6, 229: caput intactum buxo, Juv. 14, 194.

— A writingtablet, Prop. 3 (4), 23, 8; Schol. ad Hor. S. 1, 6, 74.

— Transf., = buxus, the boxtree, Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 231.