bōx Copy link • bōx, bōcis, m., = βώξ, βόαξ, a sea-fish, otherwise unknown, Plin. 32, 11, 53, § 145. In Paul. ex Fest. p. 30, 6 Müll. (Jan. boca), bocas: bocas = genus piscis a boando id est vocem emittendo appellatur; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 9.
box Copy link BOX, bocis. [βόξ, βόηξ, βόαξ] Genus piscis marini, a boando, vt putatur, dictum, cuius meminit Plin. 32 cap. vlt. Festo dicitur Boca.
box (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A chest, etc.1. arca (intended for keeping things out of the reach of others2. capsa (esp. for books)3. cista (for clothes., money, etc.)4. scrīnium (for papers, etc.; a writing-desk)5. ălăbaster, tri, m. (for perfumes6. pyxis, ĭdis, f. (a small b. for medicines, etc.)II. An enclosed seat in the theatreIII. The front seat on a coach, *sedes anterior currus (?). • box (subs.) I. A chest, etc.: 1. arca (intended for keeping things out of the reach of others: arceo): a large b. full of poisons, a. ingens venenorum plena, Suet.: a small b. or chest, arcŭla: Cic. 2. capsa (esp. for books): Hor.: a small b. of the kind, capsŭla: Cat.: Plin. 3. cista (for clothes., money, etc.): Cic.: Hor.: cistŭla, cistella, cistellŭla (denoting small b.s of the kind). 4. scrīnium (for papers, etc.; a writing-desk): Hor. 5. ălăbaster, tri, m. (for perfumes: v. alabaster): Cic.: (also alabastrum, or -tra: Mart.). 6. pyxis, ĭdis, f. (a small b. for medicines, etc.): a small b. of poison, p. veneni, Cic.: a gold b., aurea p., Suet. II. An enclosed seat in the theatre: *sedes in podio theatri clausa, secreta. III. The front seat on a coach, *sedes anterior currus (?).
box Copy link • box, a shrub: buxus, i, f.: the b. thick with leaves, b. densa foliis, Ov. Phr.: a plantation of b., buxētum, Mart.: a mould made of b., buxea forma, Col.: b.-wood polished by the lathe, torno rasile buxum, Virg.
box Copy link Outline 1. ălăpa2. cŏlăphus (with the fist) • box, a blow with the hand: 1. ălăpa: to give any one a smart b. on the ear, alicui gravem ducere a., Phaedr.: Juv. 2. cŏlăphus (with the fist): v. blow. Alapa, is a blow with the flat hand ('a slap'), hence less severe than colaphus.
box (v.) Copy link Outline I. To give a b. on the ear, etc.II. To fight with the fists1. pugnis certare2. pŭgĭlor, 1 • box (v.): I. To give a b. on the ear, etc.: v. box (subs.). II. To fight with the fists: 1. pugnis certare: Cic. 2. pŭgĭlor, 1: Apul.
BOX Copy link • BOX 1. arca (with a lock, low, and placed on the ground): cista and (still smaller) capsa (both portable, for valuables, books, fruit, etc.): armarium (for things in constant use, books, clothes, etc.: it was higher than an area, had divisions, and was sometimes placed against a wall): scrinium (with divisions, or pigeon-holes, for letters, medicines, valuables): pyxis (for drugs, etc., PROP. of box-wood, also of any wood, and even of metal): arcula, capsula, capsella, cistula, cistellula. An ointment box, narthecium. A lot box, situla. Ballot box, cista, cistula. Dice box, phimus, fritillus, orca. A strong box, arca. Box to keep ornaments in, arcula ornamentorum, pyxis: for rings, dactyliotheca. A clothes box, armarium. A box in a shop, nidus. A box in a chest, loculus. A box for plants, vas. A medicine box, narthecium. A Christmas box (present), strena. In a theatre, spectaculum altum. (Vid: Liv.., i., 35.) 2. v. concludere, includere, in arca, cista; sepire, obsepire. 3. a blow, alapa (in the face with the open hand) colaphus (with the fist). To give one a box on the ear, alicui colaphum ducere, impingere, infringere; palma aliquem percutere. To box one’s ears soundly, aliquem percutere colaphis. 4. v. fight with the fists, pugnis certare. A boxing match, pugillatio, pugillatus. A boxer, qui pugnis certat, pugil. 5. a tree, buxus. Box-wood, buxum. Made of box-wood, buxeus. A flute of box-wood, tibia buxea, or simply buxus, buxum. Full of box., buxosus. A plate planted with box, buxetum.