buxum

Icelandic

Noun

buxum

1. indefinite dative of buxur

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.sum/, [ˈbʊks̠ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbuk.sum/, [ˈbuksum]

Etymology 1

Noun

buxum n (genitive buxī); second declension

1. alternative form of buxus (“boxwood, box tree”)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	buxum	buxa
Genitive	buxī	buxōrum
Dative	buxō	buxīs
Accusative	buxum	buxa
Ablative	buxō	buxīs
Vocative	buxum	buxa

Etymology 2

Noun

buxum

1. accusative singular of buxus

References

• “buxum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “buxum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• buxum 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)
• buxum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “buxum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “buxum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Middle English

Alternative forms

• boȝsam, bousome, bowsom, boxom, boxum, buhsum, buxom, boxom

Etymology

From Old English *būhsum; equivalent to bowen +‎ -som.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuksum/, /ˈbuːsum/

Adjective

buxum

1. obedient, compliant
2. humble, kind
3. bending, twisted

Derived terms

• buxumly

Descendants

• English: buxom, bucksome
• Scots: boosam (Orkney)

References

• “buxǒm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-20.