toxico
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Clipping of toxicomane.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
toxico m or f by sense (plural toxicos)
- (colloquial) druggie (drug addict)
- Synonym: toxicomane
Further readingEdit
- “toxico”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
LatinEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Inflected form of toxicum.
NounEdit
toxicō
Etymology 2Edit
From toxicus.
VerbEdit
toxicō (present infinitive toxicāre, perfect active toxicāvī, supine toxicātum); first conjugation
- (Late Latin) I smear or anoint with poison[1].
- 1313, The Battle of Bannockburn :[2]
- Quorum virus Anglia tota toxicatur; / Vulgaris justitia sic et enervatur; / Regale judicium per hos offuscatur; / Ex hoc in exilium fides relegatur.
- With whose venom all England is poisoned; and thus common justice is weakened; by these the royal judgment is darkened; in consequence of this, faith is driven into exile.
- Quorum virus Anglia tota toxicatur; / Vulgaris justitia sic et enervatur; / Regale judicium per hos offuscatur; / Ex hoc in exilium fides relegatur.
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ReferencesEdit
- “toxico”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- toxico in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- toxico in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016