buxis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.sis/, [ˈbʊks̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.sis/, [ˈbuksis]

Noun

buxis m (genitive buxidis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) a box

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buxis	buxidēs
Genitive	buxidis	buxidum
Dative	buxidī	buxidibus
Accusative	buxidem	buxidēs
Ablative	buxide	buxidibus
Vocative	buxis	buxidēs

Descendants

• Old French: boiste
  • ⇒ Catalan: bústia
  • ⇒ French: boîte
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • ⇒ Galician: buceta, boeta
  • ⇒ Portuguese: boceta
• Old Spanish:
  • Spanish: buje
• → Proto-West Germanic: *buhsā (see there for further descendants)

References

• buxis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)