toxicum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “poison for arrows”), from τοξικός (toxikós, “pertaining to bows”), from τόξον (tóxon, “bow”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtok.si.kum/, [ˈt̪ɔks̠ɪkʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtok.si.kum/, [ˈt̪ɔksikum]
Noun edit
toxicum n (genitive toxicī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | toxicum | toxica |
| Genitive | toxicī | toxicōrum |
| Dative | toxicō | toxicīs |
| Accusative | toxicum | toxica |
| Ablative | toxicō | toxicīs |
| Vocative | toxicum | toxica |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- Aromanian: toapsec
- Catalan: túixec, → tòxic
- → German: Toxikum
- → English: toxic
- Friulian: tuessin
- Italian: tossico, tosco
- Ladin: tuesse
- Occitan: toissic, tueissec
- Piedmontese: tòssi
- → Portuguese: tóxico
- Romanian: toapsec
- → Romanian: toxic
- Romansch: tissi, tössi
- Sardinian: toscu
- → Spanish: tóxico, tósigo
- Venetian: tosego, tòsego
References edit
- “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.