buxĕus, a, um, adj. [buxus].
- I. Of or pertaining to the boxwood-tree, made of boxwood, boxwood-: luci, Sol. 52: forma, Col. 7, 8, 7: mola, Petr. 74, 5.
- II. Of the color of boxwood: rostra (anatum), Varr. ap. Non. p. 460, 8: dentes, Mart. 2, 41, 7: anuli, perh. ironic. for spurious (on account of the paleness of boxwood), Petr. 58, 10; cf. pallor, App. M. 1, p. 110, 30: luror, id. ib. 9, p. 231, 4.