toxicum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón, “poison for arrows”), from τοξικός (toxikós, “pertaining to bows”), from τόξον (tóxon, “bow”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈtok.si.kum/, [ˈt̪ɔks̠ɪkʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈtok.si.kum/, [ˈt̪ɔksikum]

Noun

toxicum n (genitive toxicī); second declension

1. a poison used on the tips of arrows
2. any poison

   Synonym: venēnum

Declension

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

• toxicō, intoxicō
• toxicus

Descendants

• Aromanian: toapsec
• Catalan: túixec, → tòxic
• → German: Toxikum
• → English: toxic
• Friulian: tuessin
• Italian: tossico, tosco
• Occitan: toissic, tueissec
• Piedmontese: tòssi
• → Portuguese: tóxico
• Romanian: toapsec
• → Romanian: toxic
• Romansch: tissi, tössi
• Sardinian: toscu
• → Spanish: tóxico, tósigo
• Venetian: tosego, tòsego

References

• “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.