buxum

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Icelandic

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Noun

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buxum

  1. indefinite dative of buxur

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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buxum n (genitive buxī); second declension

  1. alternative form of buxus (boxwood, box tree)
Declension
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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative buxum buxa
Genitive buxī buxōrum
Dative buxō buxīs
Accusative buxum buxa
Ablative buxō buxīs
Vocative buxum buxa

Etymology 2

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Noun

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buxum

  1. accusative singular of buxus

References

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  • buxum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • buxum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • buxum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • buxum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • buxum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • buxum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English *būhsum; equivalent to bowen +‎ -som.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbuksum/, /ˈbuːsum/

Adjective

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buxum

  1. obedient, compliant
  2. humble, kind
  3. bending, twisted

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: buxom, bucksome
  • Scots: boosam (Orkney)

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