opium
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin opium and Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos (“juice, resin”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.pi.əm/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.pi.əm/
- Rhymes: -əʊpiəm
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Noun edit
opium (countable and uncountable, plural opiums or opia)
- (uncountable) A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:opium
- 1777, [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], 7th edition, London: […] S. Crowder, […]; J. Sewell, […]; W. Johnston, […]; and B. Law, […], →OCLC, page 277:
- From hence we firſt ſailed to Achin, in the iſland of Sumatra, and then to Siam, where we bartered our wares for ſome arrack and opium, the laſt of which bore a great price among the Chineſe: […]
- (by extension, countable) Anything that numbs or stupefies.
- 1843, Karl Marx, Zur Kritik der Hegelschen Rechtsphilosophie [A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right]:
- Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, […] It is the opium of the people.
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opium n
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch opium, from Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós).
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Noun edit
opium n or m (uncountable)
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- opiaat
- opiumchinees
- opiumderivaat
- opiumextract
- opiumhandel
- opiumhol
- opiumkit
- opiumoorlog
- opiumpijp
- opiumpil
- opiumroker
- opiumschuiver
- opiumsmokkel
- opiumsmokkelaar
- opiumsmokkelarij
- opiumverslaafd
- opiumverslaafde
- opiumverslaving
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French edit
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Noun edit
opium m (plural opiums)
Further reading edit
- “opium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch opium, from Middle Dutch opium, from Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion). Doublet of apiun.
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Noun edit
opium (plural opium-opium, first-person possessive opiumku, second-person possessive opiummu, third-person possessive opiumnya)
- opium: a yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
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Further reading edit
- “opium” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos (“juice, resin”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈo.pi.um/, [ˈɔpiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈo.pi.um/, [ˈɔːpium]
Noun edit
opium n (genitive opiī or opī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | opium | opia |
Genitive | opiī opī1 |
opiōrum |
Dative | opiō | opiīs |
Accusative | opium | opia |
Ablative | opiō | opiīs |
Vocative | opium | opia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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References edit
- “opium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- opium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion).
Noun edit
opium m (definite singular opiumen, uncountable)
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Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion).
Noun edit
opium n or m (definite singular opiumet or opiumen, uncountable)
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- “opium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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opium n (uncountable)
- Alternative form of opiu
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Noun edit
opium c
- opium (a drug)
- Religionen är ett opium för folket.
- Religion is the opium of the people. (Karl Marx)
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Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | opium | opiet | — | — |
Genitive | opiums | opiets | — | — |