tósego

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtos̺eɣo̝/, (western) /ˈtos̺eħo̝/

Noun

tósego m (plural tósegos)

1. poison, venom

   Synonyms: veleno, pezoña, pezoia

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “tósego”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega