noxius

noxius

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin nox(a)
Latin -ius
Latin noxius

    From nox(a) (“injury; damage”) + -ius (adjective-building suffix).

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    noxius (feminine noxia, neuter noxium); first/second-declension adjective

    1. hurtful, harmful, injurious, noxious.
    2. guilty, culpable, criminal, delinquent.
      Synonyms: reus, obnoxius, cōnscius
      Antonyms: īnsōns, castus, innocēns, innoxius

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative noxius noxia noxium noxiī noxiae noxia
    genitive noxiī noxiae noxiī noxiōrum noxiārum noxiōrum
    dative noxiō noxiae noxiō noxiīs
    accusative noxium noxiam noxium noxiōs noxiās noxia
    ablative noxiō noxiā noxiō noxiīs
    vocative noxie noxia noxium noxiī noxiae noxia

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → English: noxious
    • → Italian: noxio
    • → Portuguese: nóxio

    References

    • “noxius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “noxius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “noxius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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