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

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

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