buxum (noun N) : id.
* The wood of the boxtree (cf. Neue, Formenl. 1, 509; 1, 625).
* In gen.: torno rasile,Verg. G. 2, 449: ora buxo Pallidiora,Ov. M. 4, 134: multifori tibia buxi,id. ib. 12, 158: buxoque simillimus Pallor,id. ib. 11, 417; cf. Plin. 16, 16, 28, § 70.
* Esp. of objects made of boxwood.
* A flute, pipe: inflati murmur buxi,Ov. M. 14, 537: terebratum per rara foramina,id. F. 6, 697; id. P. 1, 1, 45: cava buxa,Prop. 4 (5), 8, 42.ad inspirata rotari Buxa,Stat. Th. 7, 171; Sen. Agam. 688.
* Transf., = buxus, the boxtree, Plin. 16, 43, 84, § 231.
* A comb: crines depectere buxo,Ov. F. 6, 229: caput intactum buxo,Juv. 14, 194.
* A writingtablet, Prop. 3 (4), 23, 8; Schol. ad Hor. S. 1, 6, 74.