toxicum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, poison for arrows), from τοξικός (toxikós, pertaining to bows), from τόξον (tóxon, bow).

Pronunciation

Noun

toxicum n (genitive toxicī); second declension

  1. a poison used on the tips of arrows
  2. any poison
    Synonym: venēnum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative toxicum toxica
Genitive toxicī toxicōrum
Dative toxicō toxicīs
Accusative toxicum toxica
Ablative toxicō toxicīs
Vocative toxicum toxica

Descendants

  • Aromanian: toapsec
  • Catalan: túixec, tòxic
  • German: Toxikum
  • English: toxic
  • Friulian: tuessin
  • Italian: tossico, tosco
  • Ladin: tuesse
  • Occitan: toissic, tueissec
  • Piedmontese: tòssi
  • Portuguese: tóxico
  • Romanian: toapsec
  • Romanian: toxic
  • Romansch: tissi, tössi
  • Sardinian: toscu
  • Spanish: tóxico, tósigo
  • Venetian: tosego, tòsego

References

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