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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