πυξίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πύξος (púxos, “boxwood”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyk.sí.on/ → /pykˈsi.on/ → /pikˈsi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyk.sí.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pykˈsi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pykˈsi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pykˈsi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pikˈsi.on/

Noun

πῠξῐ́ον • (pŭxĭ́on) n (genitive πῠξῐ́ου); second declension

1. tablet of boxwood for painting on
2. list, hence section, division

Declension

Second declension of τὸ πῠξῐ́ον; τοῦ πῠξῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πῠξῐ́ον tò pŭxĭ́on	τὼ πῠξῐ́ω tṑ pŭxĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πῠξῐ́ᾰ tằ pŭxĭ́ă
Genitive	τοῦ πῠξῐ́ου toû pŭxĭ́ou	τοῖν πῠξῐ́οιν toîn pŭxĭ́oin	τῶν πῠξῐ́ων tôn pŭxĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ πῠξῐ́ῳ tôi pŭxĭ́ōi	τοῖν πῠξῐ́οιν toîn pŭxĭ́oin	τοῖς πῠξῐ́οις toîs pŭxĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ πῠξῐ́ον tò pŭxĭ́on	τὼ πῠξῐ́ω tṑ pŭxĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ πῠξῐ́ᾰ tằ pŭxĭ́ă
Vocative	πῠξῐ́ον pŭxĭ́on	πῠξῐ́ω pŭxĭ́ō	πῠξῐ́ᾰ pŭxĭ́ă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πυξίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πυξίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette