buxus

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin buxus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbʏk.sʏs/
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  • Hyphenation: bu‧xus

Noun

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buxus m (plural buxussen)

  1. European boxwood, Buxus sempervirens
    Synonyms: buksboom, steekpalm

Latin

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos, box tree) is cognate, but probably not the origin, as the tree grew in Italy and is not native to Greece or Asia Minor. Both the Latin and Greek may be from an Italian substrate language.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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buxus f (genitive buxī); second declension

  1. the evergreen box tree.
  2. a thing made of boxwood.

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative buxus buxī
Genitive buxī buxōrum
Dative buxō buxīs
Accusative buxum buxōs
Ablative buxō buxīs
Vocative buxe buxī
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Descendants

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References

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  • 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • buxus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.