obnoxius

Latin

Etymology

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From ob (“against, facing”) + noxa (“hurt, harm, injury”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /obˈnok.si.us/, [ɔbˈnɔks̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /obˈnok.si.us/, [obˈnɔksius]

Adjective

obnoxius (feminine obnoxia, neuter obnoxium); first/second-declension adjective

1. punishable, liable, guilty
2. submissive, obedient, compliant
3. obliged, indebted
4. vulnerable
5. susceptible to danger, misfortune, or weakness

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	obnoxius	obnoxia	obnoxium		obnoxiī	obnoxiae	obnoxia
Genitive	obnoxiī	obnoxiae	obnoxiī		obnoxiōrum	obnoxiārum	obnoxiōrum
Dative	obnoxiō		obnoxiō		obnoxiīs
Accusative	obnoxium	obnoxiam	obnoxium		obnoxiōs	obnoxiās	obnoxia
Ablative	obnoxiō	obnoxiā	obnoxiō		obnoxiīs
Vocative	obnoxie	obnoxia	obnoxium		obnoxiī	obnoxiae	obnoxia

Derived terms

• obnoxiē
• obnoxiō
• obnoxiōsus

Related terms

• noceō
• noxa
• noxālis
• noxia
• noxiālis

• noxietās
• noxiōsus
• noxitūdō
• noxius
• obnoxiōsē

Descendants

• Catalan: obnoxi
• English: obnoxious
• Portuguese: obnóxio

References

• “obnoxius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “obnoxius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• obnoxius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be subject to some one, under some one's dominion: subiectum esse, obnoxium esse imperio or dicioni alicuius (not simply alicui)