pyxis

pyxis (puxis, Juv. 13, 25; Scrib. Comp. 228), ĭdis, f., = πυξίς.

• Lit., a box, a small box, esp. for unguents, medicines, etc. — Orig., of boxes made of boxwood, then of those of any kind of wood, and finally, also, of metallic boxes: veneni, Cic. Cael. 25, 61: aurea, Suet. Ner. 47; cf. id. ib. 12: cornea, Plin. 21, 20, 81, § 137: plumbea, id. 32, 10, 47, § 135.—Belonging to the toilet of women, Petr. 110, 2; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 83 (al. buxides).—
• II Transf.: ferrea, an iron cap fitted to the lower end of a pestle, Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 112.

pyxis, idis, Akk. Plur. idas, f. (πυξίς), die Büchse, das Büchschen, I) eig., zur Arznei, Salbe usw., eigentl. aus Buchsbaum, dann auch aus anderem Holze, aus Eisen, Blech usw., pyxis veneni, Cic.: aurea, Suet.: stannea, Plin.: auf dem Putztisch, non tamen expositas mensā deprendat amator pyxidas, Ov.: ad dominae vultus... eas; pyxidas invenies et rerum mille colores, Ov. – puxis geschr., Scrib. Larg. 80 u. 228. – II) übtr., p. ferrea, ein (viell. hohles, büchsenförmiges) Eisen im Mörser zum Stampfen, Plin. 18, 112.

pyxis [CL < πυξίς] 1 a (usu. small, often ornamented) box or chest, used to contain valuables: a (for money); b (spec. for money used in testing coin); c (for collection of toll or oblation); d (for spice or other foodstuff); e (for medicine, ointment, or charm, also fig.); f (for document); g (for tinder); h (for fan); i (~is tortilis) box of plaited wood (in quot. of window-box); j (unspec.). a in offertorio nulla ratione permittitur sacerdoti, ut ~idem ‥ manu teneat, quo omnem avaritie effugiat suspicionem Beleth RDO 41. 50; primus ego dixit, offerens ei pixidem plenam auro G. Roman. 345; 1405 recepcio. ‥ respondent de ‥ viij d. de pixide coram cruce Ac. Obed. Abingd. 67; 1414 aperta pixide invente sunt in eadem xj sinchie continentes cxxiij li. xiij s. iiij d. auri numero Pat 394 m. 29; una pixidis communis serrura duarum clavium sufficienter confecta Lib. Cust. Northampt. 64; 1533 in solutis ‥ ad pixidem conventus xiij s. iiij d. Comp. Swith. 303.  b 1280 erit capitalis essaiator, emptor, et ponderator monete, habens unam clavem cujuslibet pixidis denariorum de essaio RBExch 987; 1281 cum nos totam monetam nostram in pixidibus inventam ‥ per bonos et idoneos assaiatores in presencia consilii nostri examinari et assiari fecerimus Pat 100 m. 11; 1282 item [custodes] calumpniantur denarios positos in ~ide (Irish Mint) KR Ac 230/21; 1304 in una pixide ferro ligata pro assayis monete imponendis empta (Mint) KR Ac 288/30 m. 7; 1449 j pixid’ coopert’ cum corio nigro pro assaiis auri et argenti imponend’ KR Ac 294/6.  c magn[i altaris c]ustos pixidem cum oblatis a latere tenebit Cust. Westm. 66; 1294 ballivus vel serviens habere debet alteram clavem pixidum assignatarum ad colleccionem theolonii Cl 111 m. 4d.; c1300 de tolneto pixidis per annum, viij marc’ ij s. Reg. Malm. I 134; 1304 de medietate exituum pixidis nundinarium ville de Stratmeurie’ ‥ de exitibus pixidis mercati ville de Lamp[adarn] MinAc W. Wales 294; 1323 de j li. viiij s. vij d. receptis de pixide penitentiarii DC S. Paul. p. 53b; 1350 de exitibus pixidis diebus mercati et aliis diebus MinAc 783/15 r. 3.  d 1303 vij pixidibus de gingebras, xxxx s. iiij pixidibus de pionad,xij s. Ac. Durh. 504; 1350 in una pixide de pynyonade empt’ apud Novum Castrum, iij s. vj d. ‥ in una pixide de gyngebrace empt’ apud Ebor. ‥ iij s. vj d. Ib. 551; 1410 de j d. de j pixide pro pulvere. de iij d. de ij cuverkils de ij d. de j salario pro sale Test. Ebor. III 48; 1517 item pixis pro speciebus et deauratus circa fundum Ac. Durh. 293.  e proferre pixidem in qua lectuarium attulerat insolite fragrancie V. Chris. Marky. 49; ignis, pistrinum, pix uncti cum lapidistis, / unge, torqueole, clavorum copia D. Bec. 1872; j pixide argenti ad tiriacam Cl 103a; comportes aloen calamitam cynname muscum / muscatamque nucem, macis, odora thyma; / accumules etiam Galieni pyxidas omnes Garl. Epith. VI 363; cum mors arcum suum tendit, / turris regem non defendit / neque pixis medicum Walt. Wimb. Van. 147; tot habet pixides [ME: boistes] maledictus medicus infernalis plenas electuariis AncrR 82.  f sequuntur ‥ curiam cupidi, codices et pixides ambitiosi Gir. EH intr. p. 212; 1276 item quedam littere de attornato ‥ item cedula continens processum ‥ hec reposita fuerunt in ij pixidibus, in arca in capitulo ecclesie Herefordensis Reg. Heref. 41; 1345 tulit ‥ quandam pixidem cum quodam brevi domini regis ‥ et sciendum quod predicta pixedis [sic] simul cum predictis brevi et acquietancia remanent [sic] in custodia Thome de Metheby, custodis rotulorum ‥ SelCKB VI 43; 1467 soluta pro diversis pixidibus emptis pro warrantis, obligacionibus, et aliis memorandis ‥ regine intus ponendis et salvo custodiandis hoc anno, xx d (TR Bk.) JRL Bull. L 469; 1505 eodem die posita fuit in scaccario obligacio Thome Rigden continens in secunda linea ‘de Petham’, et imponitur in pixide ubi sunt compotus firmariorum Reg. Merton I 301.  g pro j pixide et tunder fyryren et broches,j duc. xx s Ac. H. Derby 222.  h 1576 pro un’ pixide ‥ pro les fannes Ac. LChamb. 9/67 f. 42 (cf. ib. 5/35 p. 53: one box ‥ to lay our fannes in).  i specularia ‥ competenter sint disposita in domo ‥ ubi suctina [ed. Scheler: succina] vel pixides [gl.: boystes] tortiles sub divo ponantur Neckam Ut. 109.  j hec pixis ‥ i. bustula, vas, sc. muliebre Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 441; 1234 item, sicut invenimus in adventu nostro de pixide, volumus ut ita remaneat sub tribus clavibus, et cum aliquid ‥ de dicta pixide sumendum fuerit, per visum abbatis, prioris, et subprioris ‥ sumatur Vis. Bury 736; c1320 omnes ‥ fuerunt jurati ‥ quod ‥ non faciant alias mensuras nisi galones, potellos, et quartas, et quod nullas facient falsas mensuras ‥ ad modum pixidum aut ciphorum (Lib. Mem.) MGL III 432; hec pixis, A. boyst WW; hec pyxis, -dis, a box. hic editur pissis, hic servat aromata pixis WW; hoc pixis, hoc alabastrum, A. a box WW; hic pixus, A. a box WW. 2 pyx, box-like container for spec. eccl. use: a (as container for the Host); b (as container for a relic); c (fig.). a hic delatum in tructa pisce cristallino [ed.:? l. instructa pisside cristallina] salutare humani generis pignus reconditur Gosc. Edith 74; contigit, ecclesia ejusdem loci [Luel] hostiliter combusta, omnia prorsus intus et extra, preter pixidem unam in qua hostia consecrata reposita fuerat, consumpta fuisse Gir. IK I 1; 12 corpus Dominicum pixide cupreo ‥ reconditum Chr. Rams. p. liii n. 2; c1300 Hurste ‥ pixis bona ad eukaristiam ‥ Wokingeham ‥ pixis ad eukaristiam insufficiens Ch. Sal. 369; 1342 (recte 1342) pixis ad eukaristiam stagneus et sine serrura Vis. Totnes 110; ‥ ad orientem cujusdam ecclesie, ubi pixis super altare pendens carebat sacramento eucharistie Blakman Hen. VI 13.  b quedam pixides ‥ rejecte in signum miraculi super ipsum martyris sepulcrum videri possunt suspense adhuc H. Bos. LM 1337A; pixis ‥ quercina, in qua ciphus de more ponebatur, conbusta erat in pulverem Brakelond f. 152v; 1220 pixis quedam continens reliquias Reg. S. Osm. I 276.  c ave, pixis Deitatis Walt. Wimb. Virgo 69. 3 sort of chamber of gun or cannon. unum magnum voglare, nuncupatum Here Johan, munitum tribus piscidis [sic], infustatum et ferratum, portans lapidem de undecim pollicibus in cruce, appreciatum iij c li. T[urneys]. item, unum aliud voglare, nuncupatum Mauns, munitum quatuor cameris ‥ Collect. W. Worc. 566. 4 (anat.) acetabulum, cavity of the hip-bone. vocatur vertebrum a vertendo in pixide ‥ . concavitas, i. pixis, et vocatur ab aliquibus scia, et ita est, et est ibi ligamentum ligans os cum osse Gad. 35. 1; c1400 a box þat is clepid pixis, haunche & vertebrum sit þeron (Lanfranc’s Cirurg) OED s. v. pyxis.

pyxis, (12) ĭdis, f. (πυξίς), petite boîte, coffret : Cic. Cæl. 63 ; Suet. Nero 47 ; Plin. 21, 137 || capsule métallique : Plin. 18, 112.

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

PYXIS

PYXIS(πυξίς), a casket, a jewel-box (Mart. 9.38); also a small box for holding drugs or poisons (Cic. pro Cael, 25, 61; Quintil. 6.3, 25). Quintilian (8.6.35) produces this term as an example of catachresis, because it properly denoted that which was made of box (πύξος), but was applied to things of similar form and use made of any other material. In fact, the caskets in which the ladies of ancient times kept their jewels and other ornaments were made of gold, silver, ivory, mother-of-pearl, tortoise-shell, &c. The pyxis, in which Nero dedicated the cuttings from his beard to Jupiter, was of gold, studded with pearls (Suet. Nero 12). They were also much enriched with sculpture. A silver coffer, 2 feet long, 1 1/2 wide, and I deep, most elaborately adorned with figures in bas-relief, is described by Böttiger (Sabina, vol. i. pp. 64-80, plate iii.). The first woodcut (from Ant. d'Ercolano, vol. ii. tav. 7) represents a very plain jewel-box, out of which a dove is extracting a riband or fillet: the second is of terra-cotta, from Etruria. The word is also used for the iron cap at the end of a pestle (Plin. Nat.18.112).

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Pyxis

(πυξίς). A small case made of box-wood (πύξος). It was used as a jewel-case or for the preservation of any small object of value (Petron. 110).

pyxis

A round box with a cover used to hold cosmetics or drugs.

Shape: Type A is illustrated here.

History: Ultimately derived from Corinthian types of covered boxes, the Athenian pyxis has various forms. But the form can be traced in pottery back to the Protogeometric period in Athens. In the early Geometric period there are two varieties: the pointed, which hardly outlives the ninth century; and the flat bottomed, which continues to the late Geometric. This type continues to grow larger and fatter, and carries rather elaborately sculpted handles on the cover . The walls of this early type tend to be convex. During the sixth century the style changes, and Athens is producing a box with a concave wall. The pyxis persists in Attica, to the fourth century, and is adapted and modified by the potters in Apulia.

• Lekanis pyxis
• Nikosthenic type pyxis
• Tripod pyxis
• Type A pyxis
• Type B pyxis
• Type C pyxis
• Type D pyxis
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• Lekanis
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pyxis

A vase with high concave walls and a flattened cover with a knob serving as a handle. It sometimes has a low foot-disc or it may stand on three notched low feet.

History: Pyxides come in a variety of shapes. This shape was the most common and was borrowed from the covered boxes of Corinth. It is popular throughout the sixth century to the fifth century B.C. Regularly decorated with various scenes of women, these vessels frequently appear in representations of women's apartments in both vase-painting and in relief sculpture.

Term: The ancient Greek word pyxis is used to describe a box made of boxwood, which was used by physicians for holding their drugs.

• Pyxis
• Lekanis pyxis
• Nikosthenic type pyxis
• Tripod pyxis
• Type B pyxis
• Type C pyxis
• Type D pyxis

pyxis

A pyxis with a low foot, low conave sides, and a dome-shaped lid. This shape was especially popular in Attica in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C.

Term: The ancient Greek word pyxis is used to describe a box made of boxwood, which was used by physicians for holding their drugs.

• Pyxis
• Lekanis pyxis
• Nikosthenic type pyxis
• Tripod pyxis
• Type A pyxis
• Type C pyxis
• Type D pyxis

pyxis

A pyxis characterized by its low concave walls which have a wider flaring lip and base. It rests on a low, slightly recessed foot, and is covered with a dome-shaped lid. This type of pyxis enjoys its greatest popularity from the late fifth century to the fourth century.

Term: The ancient Greek word pyxis is used to describe a box made of boxwood, which was used by physicians for holding their drugs.

• Pyxis
• Lekanis pyxis
• Nikosthenic type pyxis
• Tripod pyxis
• Type A pyxis
• Type B pyxis
• Type D pyxis

pyxis

This shape of pyxis is characterized by its cylindrical walls, and its flat handless lid. Round, mostly handleless boxes were used by women to contain toilet articles; many have been found containing the remains of rouge, cosmetics and other treasures.

Term: The ancient Greek word pyxis is used to describe a box made of boxwood, which was used by physicians for holding their drugs.

• Pyxis
• Lekanis pyxis
• Nikosthenic type pyxis
• Tripod pyxis
• Type A pyxis
• Type B pyxis
• Type C pyxis