noxa
See also: nóxa
English
Etymology
From Latin noxa (“harm, damage”).
Noun
noxa (plural noxae)
- (medicine) Anything that exerts a harmful influence, such as trauma, poison, etc.
Related terms
- noxal
- noxious
Translations
anything that exerts a harmful influence
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Anagrams
- axon
Hungarian
Etymology
From Latin noxa (“harm, damage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnoksɒ]
- Hyphenation: no‧xa
- Rhymes: -sɒ
Noun
noxa (plural noxák)
- (medicine) noxa (anything that exerts a harmful influence)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | noxa | noxák |
| accusative | noxát | noxákat |
| dative | noxának | noxáknak |
| instrumental | noxával | noxákkal |
| causal-final | noxáért | noxákért |
| translative | noxává | noxákká |
| terminative | noxáig | noxákig |
| essive-formal | noxaként | noxákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | noxában | noxákban |
| superessive | noxán | noxákon |
| adessive | noxánál | noxáknál |
| illative | noxába | noxákba |
| sublative | noxára | noxákra |
| allative | noxához | noxákhoz |
| elative | noxából | noxákból |
| delative | noxáról | noxákról |
| ablative | noxától | noxáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular | noxáé | noxáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural | noxáéi | noxákéi |
| Possessive forms of noxa | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | noxám | noxáim |
| 2nd person sing. | noxád | noxáid |
| 3rd person sing. | noxája | noxái |
| 1st person plural | noxánk | noxáink |
| 2nd person plural | noxátok | noxáitok |
| 3rd person plural | noxájuk | noxáik |
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European suffixed o-grade *noks- of *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”); see also Middle Welsh angheu (“death”), Breton ankou, Old Irish éc, Latin noxius (“harmful”), nocēre (“to hurt, harm”), necāre (“to kill”), nex (“murder, violent death”) (as opposed to mors), Slovene and Lower Sorbian nož ("knife"), Old Persian 𐎻𐎴𐎰𐎹𐎫𐎹 (vi-n-θ-y-t-y /vi-nathayatiy/, “he injures”), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (nasiieiti, “disappears”), 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬎- (nasu-, “corpse”), Sanskrit नश्यति (naśyati, “disappear, perish”).
Noun
noxa f (genitive noxae); first declension
- hurt, harm, injury
- Synonyms: damnum, dētrīmentum, incommoditās, calamitās, pauperiēs, maleficium, iniūria, vulnus, fraus, plāga
- Antonyms: beneficium, favor
- fault, offence, crime
- Synonyms: dēlictum, peccātum, scelus, culpa, error, crīmen, facinus, malum, vitium, iniūria, dēlinquentia, commissum, maleficium
- Antonyms: bonum, rēctum, virtūs
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | noxa | noxae |
| Genitive | noxae | noxārum |
| Dative | noxae | noxīs |
| Accusative | noxam | noxās |
| Ablative | noxā | noxīs |
| Vocative | noxa | noxae |
Related terms
- nex
- necō
- noceō
References
- “noxa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “noxa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- noxa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “noxa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “noxa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin