pyxis

pyxis idis, f

, πυξίς, a small box, casket: veneni.—A toilet-box, powder-box: Pyxidas, O., Iu.

pyxis
pyxis (puxis, Juv. 13, 25; Scrib. Comp. 228), ĭdis, f., = πυξίς. I Lit., a box , a small box , ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Pyxis
·noun A box; a pyx. II. Pyxis ·noun A <<Pyxidium>>. III. Pyxis ·noun The acetabulum. ·see <<Acetab...

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