πυξών

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πῠξεών (puxeṓn)

Etymology

From πῠ́ξος (púxos, “box tree”) +‎ -ών (-ṓn, plantation, grove).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pyk.sɔ̌ːn/ → /pykˈson/ → /pikˈson/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pyk.sɔ̌ːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pykˈson/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pykˈson/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pykˈson/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pikˈson/

Noun

πῠξών • (puxṓn) m (genitive πῠξῶνος); third declension

1. grove of box trees

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ πῠξών; τοῦ πῠξῶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῠξών ho puxṓn	τὼ πῠξῶνε tṑ puxône	οἱ πῠξῶνες hoi puxônes
Genitive	τοῦ πῠξῶνος toû puxônos	τοῖν πῠξώνοιν toîn puxṓnoin	τῶν πῠξώνων tôn puxṓnōn
Dative	τῷ πῠξῶνῐ tôi puxôni	τοῖν πῠξώνοιν toîn puxṓnoin	τοῖς πῠξῶσῐ / πῠξῶσῐν toîs puxôsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν πῠξῶνᾰ tòn puxôna	τὼ πῠξῶνε tṑ puxône	τοὺς πῠξῶνᾰς toùs puxônas
Vocative	πῠξών puxṓn	πῠξῶνε puxône	πῠξῶνες puxônes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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