πυξών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πῠξεών (pŭxeṓn)

Etymology

From πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos, “box tree”) +‎ -ών (-ṓn, plantation, grove).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyk.sɔ̌ːn/ → /pykˈson/ → /pikˈson/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyk.sɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pykˈson/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pykˈson/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pykˈson/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pikˈson/

Noun

πῠξών • (pŭxṓn) m (genitive πῠξῶνος); third declension

1. grove of box trees

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πῠξών; τοῦ πῠξῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠξών ho pŭxṓn	τὼ πῠξῶνε tṑ pŭxône	οἱ πῠξῶνες hoi pŭxônes
Genitive	τοῦ πῠξῶνος toû pŭxônos	τοῖν πῠξώνοιν toîn pŭxṓnoin	τῶν πῠξώνων tôn pŭxṓnōn
Dative	τῷ πῠξῶνῐ tōî pŭxônĭ	τοῖν πῠξώνοιν toîn pŭxṓnoin	τοῖς πῠξῶσῐ / πῠξῶσῐν toîs pŭxôsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν πῠξῶνᾰ tòn pŭxônă	τὼ πῠξῶνε tṑ pŭxône	τοὺς πῠξῶνᾰς toùs pŭxônăs
Vocative	πῠξών pŭxṓn	πῠξῶνε pŭxône	πῠξῶνες pŭxônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πυξών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πυξών in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette