toxicum
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “poison for arrows”), from τοξικός (toxikós, “pertaining to bows”), from τόξον (tóxon, “bow”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtok.si.kum/, [ˈtɔk.sɪ.kũ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtoks.i.kum/, [ˈtɔks.i.kum]
Noun
toxicum n (genitive toxicī); second declension
- a poison used on the tips of arrows
- any poison
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | toxicum | toxica |
| Genitive | toxicī | toxicōrum |
| Dative | toxicō | toxicīs |
| Accusative | toxicum | toxica |
| Ablative | toxicō | toxicīs |
| Vocative | toxicum | toxica |
Synonyms
- (any poison): venēnum
Related terms
- toxicō, intoxicō
- toxicus
Descendants
- Aromanian: toapsec
- English: toxic (borrowing)
- Friulian: tuessin
- Italian: tossico, tosco
- Occitan: toissic, tueissec
- Portuguese: tóxico (borrowing)
- Romanian: toapsec, toxic (borrowing)
- Romansch: tissi, tössi
- Sardinian: toscu
- Spanish: tóxico (borrowing), tósigo (borrowing)
- 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