noxius

Latin

Etymology

nox(a) (“injury; damage”) +‎ -ius (adjective-building suffix)

Pronunciation

Adjective

noxius (feminine noxia, neuter noxium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. hurtful, harmful, injurious, noxious.
  2. guilty, culpable, criminal, delinquent.
    Synonyms: reus, obnoxius, cōnscius
    Antonyms: īnsōns, castus, innocēns, innoxius

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative noxius noxia noxium noxiī noxiae noxia
Genitive noxiī noxiae noxiī noxiōrum noxiārum noxiōrum
Dative noxiō noxiō noxiīs
Accusative noxium noxiam noxium noxiōs noxiās noxia
Ablative noxiō noxiā noxiō noxiīs
Vocative noxie noxia noxium noxiī noxiae noxia

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: noxious
  • → Portuguese: nóxio

References
  • “noxius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “noxius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • noxius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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