pyxisn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪksɪs/, U.S.

/ˈpɪksɪs/

Inflections: Plural pyxides

/ˈpɪksɪdiːz/.

Forms:

α. Middle English–1700s 1900s– pixis (now rare), late Middle English (in a late copy) pyxys, 1600s– pyxis.

β. (In sense 3b, in Latin genitive form) 1800s– Pyxidis Brit. /pɪkˈsɪdɪs/, U.S. /pɪkˈsɪdɪs/.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pyxis.

Etymology: < classical Latin pyxis (see pyx n.¹), later adopted in scientific Latin as genus name Pyxis (1827: see note at sense 5). Compare Middle French, French pyxide acetabulum (1478), box (1483; 1531 in liturgical use), pyxidium (1812).In sense 3b rendering French boussole mariner's compass (N. L. de La Caille 1752, in Mém. de l'Acad. Royale des Sci. (1756) 589). The use of the Latin genitive case form as postmodifier in star names (see sense 3b) is a practice that originated in post-classical Latin. With the fuller name of the constellation, Pyxis Nautica , compare earlier use of post-classical Latin pyxis nautica in an English context denoting a mariner's compass (compare sense 3a):a1660 T. Powell Humane Industry (1661) 160 From these two faculties of Attraction and Direction many excellent, useful, and ingenious Inventions have bin found out, especially this Pyxis Nautica.1745 Coll. Voy. & Trav. I. Introd. p. xxii/2 The invention of the pyxis nautica, or compass, is generally ascribed to John Goia.1810 C. James New & Enlarged Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) sig. 5N^v/2 Pyxis nautica, a mariner's compass. The following apparently shows an earlier example of a Middle English borrowing pyxide from the Latin oblique stem pyxid- , apparently in either sense 2a or 2b:1393 in L. T. Smith Exped. Prussia & Holy Land Earl Derby (1894) 222 Pro j pixide et tunder, fyryren et broches, j duc. xx s.

†1. Anatomy. The acetabulum of the pelvis. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bony support for limbs > pelvis > [noun] > hip bone > socket

pyxisa1400

acetable1578

acetabulum1578

pyx1864

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 176 (MED) Eueri of hem haþ a box þat is clepid pixis; haunche & vertebrum sit þeron.

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 65 (MED) In þe myddel of ham in þe vttre partye ben holownesses icleped pixides [L. pixides], i. boxes, in þe whiche þe roundenessis of þe bones beþ receyued.

1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 244 Pyxis is the Cavity of the Hip-Bone, which is called Acetabulum.

1694 W. Salmon tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck Anat. Human Bodies (new ed.) i. 597/1 In this [sc. the hip-bone] there is a large, profound and smooth Cavity cover'd with a Gristle, call'd the Acetabulum and Pyxis, into which the Globous Extremity of the Thigh-bone is fixed.

1736 D. Turner Tabula Ætiologica in Art Surg. (ed. 5) II Pyxis,..here applied to the Hollow in the Hip-bone.

1849 C. A. Harris Dict. Dental Sci. & Med. Terminol. 634/2 Pyxis,..a box; a pill-box; also, the acetabulum.

a. = pyx n.¹ 1. Now rare except as a contextual use of sense 2b.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > pyx > [noun]

boxc1325

pyx?a1425

sacrament-boxc1440

custode1510

Eucharist1535

pyxis1536

little Jack1566

altar pyx1605

chrismal1845

Eucharistial1845

custodial1861

1536 Reg. Riches Cathedral of Sarum in E. Ledwich Antiquitates Sarisburienses (1771) 190 Divers Pyxides of Ivory with clasps and without them, of silver, with many holy relicks.

a1654 A. Ross Πανσεβεια (1655) xiii. 473 On the Altar stands the Pixis or Ciborium, which keepeth the Host for strangers, sick persons and travellers.

1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos Epil. 354 It exposing him to be swallowed down into that bag of filth the bodies of men, or to be imprisoned in a Pyxis.

1717 Atlas Geographus V. 370/1 A large silver Pixis, and all the Ornaments of the Altar.

1759 A. Butler Lives Saints IV. 598/2 The second council of Tours, in 567, ordered it [sc. the Sacrament] to be kept in an ark or pyxis at the bottom of the cross.

1867 J. O'Kane Notes Rubrics Rom. Ritual xi. 354 The rubric here directs the pastor to have at all times, such a number of consecrated particles as may suffice for the communion of the sick... The vessel in which they are kept is called a ‘pyxis’.

1918 E. R. Fortescue Ceremonies Rom. Rite iii. 16 In the tabernacle there is also generally a pyx (pyxis), a small box of silver or other metal, gilt inside, which contains the Host used for Benediction.

2001 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 58 22/3 This finely carved pyxis was worked from a cross section of an elephant's tusk. Such containers may have been used to carry the bread of the Eucharist to those too ill or too elderly to attend church.

b. A small box, a casket; (Archaeology) a decorated covered vessel. Cf. pyx n.¹ 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun]

shrinec1000

boist?c1225

busta1250

cofferc1300

coffinc1330

buist1393

boosta1400

pyx1609

pyxis1708

box1751

1708 tr. Misc. Remains Cardinal Perron II. 250 Pyxis, from the Greek Word, was a Vessel made of Box-Wood dug hollow which we, as well as the Greeks and Latins, call a Box, which may be made of any Matter. Some of them were made of Alabaster, of which the Ancients made Vessels, to put their Oyl and Perfume in.

1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 10 Aug. (1889) III. 39 I was lately ask'd for a small Iron Box that was antient, & formerly stood in the Archives in the Gallery where the Coyns were kept... These Pyxides or Boxes are mention'd by John Smetius in his Antiquitates as great curiosities.

1732 R. Newton Grounds Complaint of Principal of Hart-Hall (ed. 2) 23 He might also find the other Evidences relating to this Affair; it being usual, in the Repositories of College Muniments, to put what relates to the same case into the same Pyxis, or Box.

1842 J. Yates in Smith's Dict. Gr. & Rom. Antiq. 812/2 Nero deposited his beard in a valuable pyxis, when he shaved for the first time.

1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pyxis, a small box for holding salves, medicines, etc.

1907 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 470 In ivory there is a cylindrical pyxis, pagan work of about the fourth century.

1967 M. Ayrton Maze Maker i. ii. 14 Picking up my mother's ivory pyxis he crushed that too between his hands.

2003 Hesperia 72 254 In all, seventeen vases were recovered from the tomb, including a fragmentary Late Protogeometric pyxis.

†a. = pyx n.¹ 4. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > compass

compass?1518

dial1523

shipman's card1530

nautical compass1552

mariner's compass1594

pyx1686

pyxis1686

box and needle1753

magnetic compass1838

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xii. 61 I had not the accomodation of the Pyxis, nor any Horizontal Plate divided into more points of the Compass.

b. Astronomy. With capital initial. (The name of) an inconspicuous constellation of the southern hemisphere, lying in the Milky Way between Vela and Puppis; the Mariner's Compass; more fully Pyxis Nautica (now historical). Also (in form Pyxidis) used as postmodifier in the names of stars belonging to this constellation. Abbreviated Pyx (without point).The constellation was originally part of Argo, along with the constellations Carina, Puppis, and Vela.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Pyxis

Pyxis Nautica1774

Malus1845

the Mast1883

Pyx1922

1774 S. Dunn New & Gen. Introd. Pract. Astron. 67 (table) Stars of the Southern Hemisphere... η 3 Centaurus..α 3 Pyxis..α 3 Lupus [etc.].

1786 J. Anderson Inst. Physics (ed. 4) 364 There are sixty-five Southern Constellations, to wit... Coma Pictoris, Pyxis Nautica, Antlia Pneumatica, [etc.].

1828 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 118 131 (table) A pretty large cluster of small stars resembling faint nebula, general figure round, south preceding 2 Pyxidis.

1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 177/2 Pyxis nautica (the Mariner's Compass), a southern constellation of Lacaille, placed in Argo.

1978 R. Burnham Burnham's Celestial Handbk. III. 1522 Although several other recurrent novae are now known, T Pyxidis still displays several unique features.

1981 I. Ridpath Young Astronomer's Handbk. 143/1 An unimportant constellation..representing the compass of the ship Argo Navis. Lacaille described the constellation under the name Pyxis Nautica, the mariner's compass.

1988 New Scientist 16 June 40/1 This is 7000 light years from Earth in the southern constellation of Pyxis.

4. Botany.

a. In a flowering plant: = pyxidium n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > seed-vessel or pericarp > [noun] > capsule

heada1398

boll?a1500

bladder1578

bollen1578

bullion1589

bob1615

hive1665

seed box1677

capsule1693

amphora1821

pyxis1821

pyxidium1832

pore capsule1878

1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants I. 184 Amphora, the lower valve (of the pyxis) attached to the peduncle.

1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 310 (caption) Pyxis of the Monkey-pot..with transverse dehiscence.

1907 F. E. Clements Plant Physiol. & Ecol. v. 132 The pyxis opens circularly by means of a lid, e.g., the plantain and the purslane.

1926 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 13 400 The fruit of all species of Plantago is characteristically known as a pyxis, being a capsule with a circumscissile dehiscence.

1991 A. D. Bell Plant Form (1993) 156 Pyxidium (Pyxis). Dehiscent capsule with lid.

†b. In a moss: a theca or capsule. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > parts of

moutha1398

fimbria1752

calyptra1753

veil1760

lid1776

apophysis1785

operculum1788

peristoma1792

peristome1799

peristomium1806

hair-point1818

vaginula1818

perigynium1821

vaginule1821

gemma1830

paraphyllium1832

tympanum1832

perigon1857

pseudopodium1861

commissure1863

ocrea1863

cap1864

chaeta1866

struma1866

membranulet1891

pyxis1900

pseudopod1914

annulus-

1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 217/2 Pyxis, (2) the theca of a Moss.

†c. = scyphus n. 2 Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > petal > petals or corolla > corona

crown1597

glory1785

seed crown1802

scypha1832

scyphus1832

pyxis1847

1847 J. Lindley Elements Bot. (ed. 5) (Glossary) p. lxxvii/1 Pyxis, Pyxidium,..the same as scyphus; also a capsule opening by a lid as in Hyoscyamus or Anagallis.

5. Zoology. (In form Pyxis.) A genus comprising the spider tortoises, which are confined to Madagascar.Valid publication: see quot. 1827. The application of the Latin name in other groups has been proposed but not established: N.E.D. (1909), citing Cent. Dict. (1890), lists a genus of brachiopod (Chemnitz, 1784; now included in Productus) and a genus of beetle (Dejean, 1834). References to its use for a gastropod, attributed to Humphreys (1797) and listed in Cent. Dict., appear to be erroneous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Testudinae > member of (miscellaneous)

tyrse1807

pyxis1827

1827 T. Bell in Trans. Linn. Soc. 15 395 This peculiarity [sc. a moveable sternum], so unexpected in the Land Tortoises, appeared to be sufficiently important..to require a distinct generic appellation which I propose to supply by the name Pyxis.

1858 A. M. Redfield Zoöl. Sci. 457 In the Land Tortoises of the genus Pyxis..the plastron is furnished with a transverse hinge,..so that the animals can redraw their head and fore-limbs within the carapace, and close the plastron upon it.

1876 A. R. Wallace Geogr. Distrib. Animals I. xi. 280 Tortoises are represented [in Madagascar] by two African or wide-spread genera of Testudinidæ..and by one peculiar genus, Pyxis.

1957 K. P. Schmidt & R. F. Inger Living Reptiles of World 28/1 One [genus of tortoise], Pyxis, is confined to Madagascar.

1990 Copeia No. 2. 605/1 Excessive emphasis is given to the hinges—they are absent in northern representatives of Pyxis.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pyxis
释义	pyxisn. Brit. /ˈpɪksɪs/, U.S. /ˈpɪksɪs/ Inflections: Plural pyxides /ˈpɪksɪdiːz/. Forms: α. Middle English–1700s 1900s– pixis (now rare), late Middle English (in a late copy) pyxys, 1600s– pyxis. β. (In sense 3b, in Latin genitive form) 1800s– Pyxidis Brit. /pɪkˈsɪdɪs/, U.S. /pɪkˈsɪdɪs/. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pyxis. Etymology: < classical Latin pyxis (see pyx n.¹), later adopted in scientific Latin as genus name Pyxis (1827: see note at sense 5). Compare Middle French, French pyxide acetabulum (1478), box (1483; 1531 in liturgical use), pyxidium (1812).In sense 3b rendering French boussole mariner's compass (N. L. de La Caille 1752, in Mém. de l'Acad. Royale des Sci. (1756) 589). The use of the Latin genitive case form as postmodifier in star names (see sense 3b) is a practice that originated in post-classical Latin. With the fuller name of the constellation, Pyxis Nautica , compare earlier use of post-classical Latin pyxis nautica in an English context denoting a mariner's compass (compare sense 3a):a1660 T. Powell Humane Industry (1661) 160 From these two faculties of Attraction and Direction many excellent, useful, and ingenious Inventions have bin found out, especially this Pyxis Nautica.1745 Coll. Voy. & Trav. I. Introd. p. xxii/2 The invention of the pyxis nautica, or compass, is generally ascribed to John Goia.1810 C. James New & Enlarged Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) sig. 5N^v/2 Pyxis nautica, a mariner's compass. The following apparently shows an earlier example of a Middle English borrowing pyxide from the Latin oblique stem pyxid- , apparently in either sense 2a or 2b:1393 in L. T. Smith Exped. Prussia & Holy Land Earl Derby (1894) 222 Pro j pixide et tunder, fyryren et broches, j duc. xx s. †1. Anatomy. The acetabulum of the pelvis. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > bony support for limbs > pelvis > [noun] > hip bone > socket pyxisa1400 acetable1578 acetabulum1578 pyx1864 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 176 (MED) Eueri of hem haþ a box þat is clepid pixis; haunche & vertebrum sit þeron. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 65 (MED) In þe myddel of ham in þe vttre partye ben holownesses icleped pixides [L. pixides], i. boxes, in þe whiche þe roundenessis of þe bones beþ receyued. 1684 tr. S. Blankaart Physical Dict. 244 Pyxis is the Cavity of the Hip-Bone, which is called Acetabulum. 1694 W. Salmon tr. Y. van Diemerbroeck Anat. Human Bodies (new ed.) i. 597/1 In this [sc. the hip-bone] there is a large, profound and smooth Cavity cover'd with a Gristle, call'd the Acetabulum and Pyxis, into which the Globous Extremity of the Thigh-bone is fixed. 1736 D. Turner Tabula Ætiologica in Art Surg. (ed. 5) II Pyxis,..here applied to the Hollow in the Hip-bone. 1849 C. A. Harris Dict. Dental Sci. & Med. Terminol. 634/2 Pyxis,..a box; a pill-box; also, the acetabulum. 2. a. = pyx n.¹ 1. Now rare except as a contextual use of sense 2b. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > implement (general) > vessel (general) > pyx > [noun] boxc1325 pyx?a1425 sacrament-boxc1440 custode1510 Eucharist1535 pyxis1536 little Jack1566 altar pyx1605 chrismal1845 Eucharistial1845 custodial1861 1536 Reg. Riches Cathedral of Sarum in E. Ledwich Antiquitates Sarisburienses (1771) 190 Divers Pyxides of Ivory with clasps and without them, of silver, with many holy relicks. a1654 A. Ross Πανσεβεια (1655) xiii. 473 On the Altar stands the Pixis or Ciborium, which keepeth the Host for strangers, sick persons and travellers. 1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos Epil. 354 It exposing him to be swallowed down into that bag of filth the bodies of men, or to be imprisoned in a Pyxis. 1717 Atlas Geographus V. 370/1 A large silver Pixis, and all the Ornaments of the Altar. 1759 A. Butler Lives Saints IV. 598/2 The second council of Tours, in 567, ordered it [sc. the Sacrament] to be kept in an ark or pyxis at the bottom of the cross. 1867 J. O'Kane Notes Rubrics Rom. Ritual xi. 354 The rubric here directs the pastor to have at all times, such a number of consecrated particles as may suffice for the communion of the sick... The vessel in which they are kept is called a ‘pyxis’. 1918 E. R. Fortescue Ceremonies Rom. Rite iii. 16 In the tabernacle there is also generally a pyx (pyxis), a small box of silver or other metal, gilt inside, which contains the Host used for Benediction. 2001 Metrop. Mus. Art Bull. 58 22/3 This finely carved pyxis was worked from a cross section of an elephant's tusk. Such containers may have been used to carry the bread of the Eucharist to those too ill or too elderly to attend church. b. A small box, a casket; (Archaeology) a decorated covered vessel. Cf. pyx n.¹ 3. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] shrinec1000 boist?c1225 busta1250 cofferc1300 coffinc1330 buist1393 boosta1400 pyx1609 pyxis1708 box1751 1708 tr. Misc. Remains Cardinal Perron II. 250 Pyxis, from the Greek Word, was a Vessel made of Box-Wood dug hollow which we, as well as the Greeks and Latins, call a Box, which may be made of any Matter. Some of them were made of Alabaster, of which the Ancients made Vessels, to put their Oyl and Perfume in. 1710 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 10 Aug. (1889) III. 39 I was lately ask'd for a small Iron Box that was antient, & formerly stood in the Archives in the Gallery where the Coyns were kept... These Pyxides or Boxes are mention'd by John Smetius in his Antiquitates as great curiosities. 1732 R. Newton Grounds Complaint of Principal of Hart-Hall (ed. 2) 23 He might also find the other Evidences relating to this Affair; it being usual, in the Repositories of College Muniments, to put what relates to the same case into the same Pyxis, or Box. 1842 J. Yates in Smith's Dict. Gr. & Rom. Antiq. 812/2 Nero deposited his beard in a valuable pyxis, when he shaved for the first time. 1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pyxis, a small box for holding salves, medicines, etc. 1907 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 470 In ivory there is a cylindrical pyxis, pagan work of about the fourth century. 1967 M. Ayrton Maze Maker i. ii. 14 Picking up my mother's ivory pyxis he crushed that too between his hands. 2003 Hesperia 72 254 In all, seventeen vases were recovered from the tomb, including a fragmentary Late Protogeometric pyxis. 3. †a. = pyx n.¹ 4. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > navigational aids > [noun] > compass compass?1518 dial1523 shipman's card1530 nautical compass1552 mariner's compass1594 pyx1686 pyxis1686 box and needle1753 magnetic compass1838 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xii. 61 I had not the accomodation of the Pyxis, nor any Horizontal Plate divided into more points of the Compass. b. Astronomy. With capital initial. (The name of) an inconspicuous constellation of the southern hemisphere, lying in the Milky Way between Vela and Puppis; the Mariner's Compass; more fully Pyxis Nautica (now historical). Also (in form Pyxidis) used as postmodifier in the names of stars belonging to this constellation. Abbreviated Pyx (without point).The constellation was originally part of Argo, along with the constellations Carina, Puppis, and Vela. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Pyxis Pyxis Nautica1774 Malus1845 the Mast1883 Pyx1922 1774 S. Dunn New & Gen. Introd. Pract. Astron. 67 (table) Stars of the Southern Hemisphere... η 3 Centaurus..α 3 Pyxis..α 3 Lupus [etc.]. 1786 J. Anderson Inst. Physics (ed. 4) 364 There are sixty-five Southern Constellations, to wit... Coma Pictoris, Pyxis Nautica, Antlia Pneumatica, [etc.]. 1828 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 118 131 (table) A pretty large cluster of small stars resembling faint nebula, general figure round, south preceding 2 Pyxidis. 1841 Penny Cycl. XIX. 177/2 Pyxis nautica (the Mariner's Compass), a southern constellation of Lacaille, placed in Argo. 1978 R. Burnham Burnham's Celestial Handbk. III. 1522 Although several other recurrent novae are now known, T Pyxidis still displays several unique features. 1981 I. Ridpath Young Astronomer's Handbk. 143/1 An unimportant constellation..representing the compass of the ship Argo Navis. Lacaille described the constellation under the name Pyxis Nautica, the mariner's compass. 1988 New Scientist 16 June 40/1 This is 7000 light years from Earth in the southern constellation of Pyxis. 4. Botany. a. In a flowering plant: = pyxidium n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > seed-vessel or pericarp > [noun] > capsule heada1398 boll?a1500 bladder1578 bollen1578 bullion1589 bob1615 hive1665 seed box1677 capsule1693 amphora1821 pyxis1821 pyxidium1832 pore capsule1878 1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants I. 184 Amphora, the lower valve (of the pyxis) attached to the peduncle. 1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. i. iv. 310 (caption) Pyxis of the Monkey-pot..with transverse dehiscence. 1907 F. E. Clements Plant Physiol. & Ecol. v. 132 The pyxis opens circularly by means of a lid, e.g., the plantain and the purslane. 1926 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 13 400 The fruit of all species of Plantago is characteristically known as a pyxis, being a capsule with a circumscissile dehiscence. 1991 A. D. Bell Plant Form (1993) 156 Pyxidium (Pyxis). Dehiscent capsule with lid. †b. In a moss: a theca or capsule. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > moss > [noun] > parts of moutha1398 fimbria1752 calyptra1753 veil1760 lid1776 apophysis1785 operculum1788 peristoma1792 peristome1799 peristomium1806 hair-point1818 vaginula1818 perigynium1821 vaginule1821 gemma1830 paraphyllium1832 tympanum1832 perigon1857 pseudopodium1861 commissure1863 ocrea1863 cap1864 chaeta1866 struma1866 membranulet1891 pyxis1900 pseudopod1914 annulus- 1900 B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 217/2 Pyxis, (2) the theca of a Moss. †c. = scyphus n. 2 Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > flower or part containing reproductive organs > [noun] > parts of > petal > petals or corolla > corona crown1597 glory1785 seed crown1802 scypha1832 scyphus1832 pyxis1847 1847 J. Lindley Elements Bot. (ed. 5) (Glossary) p. lxxvii/1 Pyxis, Pyxidium,..the same as scyphus; also a capsule opening by a lid as in Hyoscyamus or Anagallis. 5. Zoology. (In form Pyxis.) A genus comprising the spider tortoises, which are confined to Madagascar.Valid publication: see quot. 1827. The application of the Latin name in other groups has been proposed but not established: N.E.D. (1909), citing Cent. Dict. (1890), lists a genus of brachiopod (Chemnitz, 1784; now included in Productus) and a genus of beetle (Dejean, 1834). References to its use for a gastropod, attributed to Humphreys (1797) and listed in Cent. Dict., appear to be erroneous. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > reptiles > order Chelonia (turtles and tortoises) > [noun] > suborder Cryptodira > family Testudinae > member of (miscellaneous) tyrse1807 pyxis1827 1827 T. Bell in Trans. Linn. Soc. 15 395 This peculiarity [sc. a moveable sternum], so unexpected in the Land Tortoises, appeared to be sufficiently important..to require a distinct generic appellation which I propose to supply by the name Pyxis. 1858 A. M. Redfield Zoöl. Sci. 457 In the Land Tortoises of the genus Pyxis..the plastron is furnished with a transverse hinge,..so that the animals can redraw their head and fore-limbs within the carapace, and close the plastron upon it. 1876 A. R. Wallace Geogr. Distrib. Animals I. xi. 280 Tortoises are represented [in Madagascar] by two African or wide-spread genera of Testudinidæ..and by one peculiar genus, Pyxis. 1957 K. P. Schmidt & R. F. Inger Living Reptiles of World 28/1 One [genus of tortoise], Pyxis, is confined to Madagascar. 1990 Copeia No. 2. 605/1 Excessive emphasis is given to the hinges—they are absent in northern representatives of Pyxis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1400
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