buxi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →buxus, buxi:
Feminine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
boxwood; a box tree; instrument, pipe, flute (usually made of boxwood);
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →buxum, buxi:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
boxwood; a box tree; instrument, pipe, flute (usually made of boxwood);
gen. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...tinnitibus aera pulsi aeris et inflati conplevit murmure buxi perque leves domitis invecta leonibus auras 'inrita sacrilega iactas..."Metamorphoses XII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...illos carmina vocum longave multifori delectat tibia buxi, sed noctem sermone trahunt, virtusque loquendi materia est: pugnas referunt..."Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...redditur nec huic uni, nam viae plures intercedentibus buxis dividuntur. Alibi pratulum, alibi ipsa buxus intervenit in formas..."