Pyxis

See also: pyxis

Translingual

Etymology

Latin pyxis (“little box”), from Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Pyxis f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Testudinidae – certain tortoises native to Madagascar.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Reptilia – class; Testudinata - subclass; Testudines - order; Cryptodira - suborder; Testudinoidea - superfamily; Testudinidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Pyxis arachnoides (spider tortoise), Pyxis planicauda (flat-backed spider tortoise) - species

References

• Pyxis (genus) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pyxis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Pyxis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

Named by the French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in 1763, and originally called Pyxis Nautica (“nautical compass”), from Latin pyxis (“little box”).

Proper noun

Pyxis

1. (astronomy) A spring constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble the compass of a ship. It is associated with the larger Argo Navis, although it was never officially part of that constellation.

Derived terms

• Pyxidis

Translations

constellation

• Finnish: Kompassi (fi)
• French: Boussole (fr) f
• Galician: Compás (gl)
• German: Schiffskompass m, Pyxis (de) f
• Irish: Compás an Mhairnéalaigh m
• Malay: Kompas Pelaut
• Polish: Kompas (pl) m
• Russian: Ко́мпас (ru) m (Kómpas)
• Spanish: Brújula (es), Pyxis

See also

• Argo
• Argo Navis
• Carina
• Puppis
• Vela

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pyxis (literally “little box”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʏksɪs/

• (file)

Noun

Pyxis f (genitive Pyxis, plural Pyxiden or Pyxides)

1. (Roman Catholicism) pyx (small container used to hold the host)

   Synonyms: Hostienbehälter, Hostiendose

2. pyxis (small box to keep jewellery etc.)

Declension

Declension of Pyxis [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Pyxis	die	Pyxiden, Pyxides
genitive	einer	der	Pyxis	der	Pyxiden, Pyxides
dative	einer	der	Pyxis	den	Pyxiden, Pyxides
accusative	eine	die	Pyxis	die	Pyxiden, Pyxides

Related terms

• Büchse

Proper noun

Pyxis f (proper noun, genitive Pyxis, plural Pyxiden or Pyxides)

1. (astronomy) Pyxis (spring constellation of the southern sky)

   Synonym: Schiffskompass

Further reading

• “Pyxis” in Duden online
• “Pyxis” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache