πυξίς

A. box of box-wood: generally, box (cf. A.D. Synt. 249.1), PRyl. 125.26 (i A.D.), Sammelb. 4324.17, Luc. Asin. 12, Philops. 21, etc.; π. χαλκῆ Trypho Trop. 1.2; π. ἰατρικαί Ph. Bel. 77.28, cf. Dsc. 3.11; for poison, J. BJ 1.30.7; so Lat. pyxis, Cic. Cael. 25.61, Juv. 13.25.

II. cylinder in which a piston works, Hero Spir. 1.28.

III. = πυξίον 1, Eust. 632.57.

IV. name of a plaster, Aët. 12.63, 15.15, Paul.Aeg. 3.78.