Pyxisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈpɪksɪs/

名詞

pyxis (plural pyxides)

1. A small box.
2. (botany) A capsule in which the lid separates from the top of the fruit to release the seeds.

   Synonym: pyxidium

3. A nautical compass.
4. (Christianity) The box in which ashes are stored for Ash Wednesday.
5. (anatomy) acetabulum.

語源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís).

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈpyk.sɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈpik.sis]

名詞

pyxis f (genitive pyxidis); third declension

1. A small box, for holding medicines or toiletries.

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

関連する語

• pyxidatus

派生した語

• → Catalan: pixis, píxide
• → English: pyxis, pyx
• → German: Pyxis
• → Portuguese: píxide

参照

• “pyxis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “pyxis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "pyxis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “pyxis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “pyxis”, in The Perseus Project (1999), Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “pyxis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “pyxis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin