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
- P
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..." - P
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..." - G
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..."