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): [ˈtɔk.sɪ.kũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɔk.si.kum] === Noun === toxicum n (genitive toxicī); second declension a poison used on the tips of arrows any poison Synonym: venēnum ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Related terms ==== toxicō, intoxicō toxicus ==== Descendants ==== === 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.