taxus

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Latin taxus. === Pronunciation === === Noun === taxus m (plural taxussen, diminutive taxusje n) (loosely) any plant of genus Taxus (in particular) yew (Taxus baccata) Synonyms: venijnboom, (dialectal) ijf ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === taxus on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtak.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtak.sus] === Etymology 1 === A loanword of Scythian origin, from Proto-Iranian *taxša, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to flee, run”), as the fruit was considered poisonous. Also compare modern Persian تخش (taxš, “crossbow”). ==== Noun ==== taxus f (genitive taxī); second declension A yew (tree). (poetic) A javelin made of the wood of the yew tree. ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. ===== Derived terms ===== taxeus taxicus ===== Descendants ===== === Etymology 2 === From Frankish *þahs, from Proto-Germanic *þahsuz (“badger”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- (“construct”) after the badger's construction of its setts. However see also Gaulish taksos (Delamarre, 2003). ==== Alternative forms ==== taxō ==== Noun ==== taxus m (genitive taxī); second declension (Late Latin) badger ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== (Note: see also taxō.) === References === “taxus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “taxus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "taxus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “taxus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “taxus”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.