buxum
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);
acc. sg.gen. 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);
acc. sg.gen. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...furens ululatibus obstat, obruat Idaeam quantum tuba Martia buxum, fatur et haec: 'nate indignos aditure labores, dividimur..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...spatiis; stupet inscia supra impubesque manus mirata volubile buxum; dant animos plagae: non cursu segnior illo per medias..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...arcus. nec tiliae leues aut torno rasile buxum non formam accipiunt ferroque cauantur acuto, nec non et torrentem..."Metamorphoses X
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...amnicolaeque simul salices et aquatica lotos perpetuoque virens buxum tenuesque myricae et bicolor myrtus et bacis caerula tinus..."Ars Amatoria III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...lauri nigraque myrtus olent: Nec densum foliis buxum fragilesque myricae, Nec tenues cytisi cultaque pinus abest. Lenibus inpulsae..."Liber V
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...inclusa; ab his gestatio in modum circi, quae buxum multiformem humilesque et retentas manu arbusculas circumit. Omnia maceria..."