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pyxis
1[ pik-sis ]
noun
, plural pyx·i·des [pik, -si-deez].
- Greek and Roman Antiquity. a box of a usually cylindrical shape having a lid with a knob in the center, used for toilet articles.
- Botany. a pyxidium.
Pyxis
2[ pik-sis ]
noun
, Astronomy.
, genitive Pyx·i·dis [pik, -si-dis].
- the Compass, a southern constellation: one of the subordinate constellations into which Argo is now divided.
Pyxis
1/ ˈpɪksɪs /
noun
- an inconspicuous constellation close to Puppis that was originally considered part of the more extensive constellation Argo
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pyxis1
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek pyxís a box
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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).
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On the left is the hand holding a casket (pyxis) of a woman, who had been seated at the foot of the couch.
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Utricle (pyxis) of Amaranth, opening all round (circumscissile).
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Pyxis, Pyxidium, a pod opening round horizontally by a lid, 124.
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So it does in Amaranth (Fig. 387), forming a one-seeded utricular pyxis.
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