πυξίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πύξος (púxos, “boxwood”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-íon, 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 • (puxíon) 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 puxíon	τὼ πῠξῐ́ω tṑ puxíō	τᾰ̀ πῠξῐ́ᾰ tà puxía
Genitive	τοῦ πῠξῐ́ου toû puxíou	τοῖν πῠξῐ́οιν toîn puxíoin	τῶν πῠξῐ́ων tôn puxíōn
Dative	τῷ πῠξῐ́ῳ tôi puxíōi	τοῖν πῠξῐ́οιν toîn puxíoin	τοῖς πῠξῐ́οις toîs puxíois
Accusative	τὸ πῠξῐ́ον tò puxíon	τὼ πῠξῐ́ω tṑ puxíō	τᾰ̀ πῠξῐ́ᾰ tà puxía
Vocative	πῠξῐ́ον puxíon	πῠξῐ́ω puxíō	πῠξῐ́ᾰ puxía
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