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

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative toxicum toxica
Genitive toxicī toxicōrum
Dative toxicō toxicīs
Accusative toxicum toxica
Ablative toxicō toxicīs
Vocative toxicum toxica

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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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