buxus

buxus , ī, f.: the box tree; (meton.), a flute or pipe, 9.619.

buxus, i, f., = πύξος (cf. Prisc. p. 549, and the letter B).

• Lit., the pale, evergreen box-tree, Enn. ap. Phylarg. l. l.: buxus densa foliis, Ov. A. A. 3, 691: crispata, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 110: horrida, id. ib. 2, 268: perpetuo virens, Ov. M. 10, 97; Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 230; for its natural history, v. Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70 sq.—
• II For things made of boxwood (cf. Plin. 16, 36, 66, § 172), a pipe or flute: tympana vos buxasque vocant Berecyntia. Verg. A. 9, 619 Forbig. ad loc.; Ov. M. 4, 30; Stat. Th. 2, 77; 9, 480; Claud. in Eutr. 2, 286; id. Rapt. Pros. 1, 209; 3, 130.

buxus, ī, f. u. (seltener) buxum, ī, n. (πύξος), I) der Buchs = a) der Buchsbaum, Enn. fr., Verg., Ov. u. Plin. – b) das Buchsbaumholz, Plin. u. Verg.: ora buxo pallidiora, Ov. – II) meton. = aus Buchsbaum bereitete Gegenstände, wie: Flöte, Verg. Aen. 9, 616. Ov. met. 4, 30; 12, 158 u.a. Dichter: Kreisel, Verg. Aen. 7, 382. Pers. 3, 51: Kamm, Ov. fast. 6, 229. Iuven. 14, 194: Schreibtafel, Prop. 3, 23, 8. Prud. perist. 9, 49; vgl. Schol. Hor. sat. 1, 6, 74.

buxus, ~um [CL < πύξον] , box-tree. b boxwood. c boxwood flute. bux[um], box GlC B 198; ~us, box Ælf. Gl.; unus homo reddit inde fascem ~i in die Palmarum (Salop) DB I 252; cum ‥ palmas non habemus, laurum vel ~um ‥ deportamus Beleth RDO 94. 95; hic deficiunt ‥ aralus et ~us, fructum non ferentes, scyphos tamen et manubria largientes Gir. TH III 10; tecta virore caput sed truncum pallida buxus Neckam DS VIII 55; semen ~i cum aqua rosata ‥ summe valet in frenesi Gad. 6. 1.  b ~us arbor erit, ~um materia ipsa Bede Orth. 2779; 1355 vj folia de ~o MunCOx 131.  c ~us, tibiole Erf. 2. 272. 49; consonent tibie, tube, litui, ~us [gl.flegeles] Neckam Ut. 104.

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buxus ī, f

• , πύξος, the box-tree: densa foliis, O.: perpetuo virens, O.—A pipe, flute: tympana vox buxusque vocant, V.: longo foramine, O.