buxum

buxum
buxum, i, n. [id.], the wood of the boxtree (cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 509; 1, 625).
I.
In gen.:

torno rasile,

 Verg. G. 2, 449:

ora buxo Pallidiora,

 Ov. M. 4, 134:

multifori tibia buxi,

 id. ib. 12, 158:

buxoque simillimus Pallor,

 id. ib. 11, 417; cf. Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70.—
II.
Esp. of objects made of boxwood.
1.
A flute, pipe:

inflati murmur buxi,

 Ov. M. 14, 537:

terebratum per rara foramina,

 id. F. 6, 697; id. P. 1, 1, 45:

cava buxa,

 Prop. 4 (5), 8, 42:

ad inspirata rotari Buxa,

 Stat. Th. 7, 171; Sen. Agam. 688.—
2.
A top:

volubile,

 Verg. A. 7, 382:

buxum torquere flagello,

 Pers. 3, 52.—
3.
A comb:

crines depectere buxo,

 Ov. F. 6, 229:

caput intactum buxo,

 Juv. 14, 194.—
4.
A writingtablet, Prop. 3 (4), 23, 8; Schol. ad Hor. S. 1, 6, 74.—
III.
Transf., = buxus, the boxtree, Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 231.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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