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pyxis

1

[ pik-sis ]

noun

, plural pyx·i·des [pik, -si-deez].
  1. Greek and Roman Antiquity. a box of a usually cylindrical shape having a lid with a knob in the center, used for toilet articles.
  2. Botany. a pyxidium.


Pyxis

2

[ pik-sis ]

noun

, Astronomy.
, genitive Pyx·i·dis [pik, -si-dis].
  1. the Compass, a southern constellation: one of the subordinate constellations into which Argo is now divided.

Pyxis

1

/ ˈpɪksɪs /

noun

  1. an inconspicuous constellation close to Puppis that was originally considered part of the more extensive constellation Argo
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


pyxis

2

/ ˈpɪksɪs /

noun

  1. a small box used by the ancient Greeks and Romans to hold medicines, etc
  2. a rare word for pyx
  3. another name for pyxidium
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pyxis1

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek pyxís a box

Origin of pyxis2

1680–90; < Latin < Greek pyxís a box, pyx
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Word History and Origins

Origin of pyxis1

C14: via Latin from Greek: box
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Example Sentences

On the left is an attendant figure of a girl holding a box (pyxis).

On the left is the hand holding a casket (pyxis) of a woman, who had been seated at the foot of the couch.

Utricle (pyxis) of Amaranth, opening all round (circumscissile).

Pyxis, Pyxidium, a pod opening round horizontally by a lid, 124.

So it does in Amaranth (Fig. 387), forming a one-seeded utricular pyxis.

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