Latin

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Etymology

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Substantive of noxius (harmful; guilty) or a variant form of noxa (hurt, harm, injury).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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noxia f (genitive noxiae); first declension

  1. Hurt, harm, damage, injury.
  2. An injurious act, fault, offence, trespass, wrongdoing.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative noxia noxiae
Genitive noxiae noxiārum
Dative noxiae noxiīs
Accusative noxiam noxiās
Ablative noxiā noxiīs
Vocative noxia noxiae

Synonyms

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  • (hurt, injury): noxa

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Old French: noise (uncertain)

References

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  • noxia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • noxia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • noxia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.