δηλητηριώδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δηλητήρῐον (dēlētḗrion, “poison”) +‎ -ώδης (-ṓdēs, “like”), from δηλητήρῐος (dēlētḗrios, “noxious”), from δηλέομαι (dēléomai, “I destroy”).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

δηλητήρῐώδης • (dēlētḗriṓdēs) m or f (neuter δηλητηρῐῶδες); third declension

  1. harmful, poisonous, noxious
    Χαμαιλέοντος ἡ ῥίζα τοῦ μὲν μέλανος ἔχει τι δηλητηριῶδες (Aetius med. 413.1)
    τοῦ δὲ κακοῦ· ἤτοι τῶν δηλητηριωδῶν βοτανῶν (Scholia in Aristotelem, 20.177b17i.1)

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Greek

Adjective

δηλητηριώδης • (dilitiriódis) m (feminine δηλητηριώδης, neuter δηλητηριώδες)

  1. poisonous

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