veneficium
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From venēficus (“poisonous; magical”) + -ium.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /u̯e.neːˈfi.ki.um/, [u̯ɛneːˈfɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ve.neˈfi.t͡ʃi.um/, [veneˈfiːt͡ʃium]
Noun[edit]
venēficium n (genitive venēficiī or venēficī); second declension
- an instance of poisoning; poisonous substance
- the preparation of magic potions; sorcery, witchcraft, magic, magic potion
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | venēficium | venēficia |
| Genitive | venēficiī venēficī1 |
venēficiōrum |
| Dative | venēficiō | venēficiīs |
| Accusative | venēficium | venēficia |
| Ablative | venēficiō | venēficiīs |
| Vocative | venēficium | venēficia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “veneficium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “veneficium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- veneficium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to accuse a person of violence, poisoning: accusare aliquem de vi, de veneficiis
- to accuse a person of violence, poisoning: accusare aliquem de vi, de veneficiis
- “veneficium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “veneficium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin