nocivus

Latin

Etymology

From noceō (“to harm, injure”) +‎ -īvus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /noˈkiː.u̯us/, [nɔˈkiːu̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /noˈt͡ʃi.vus/, [noˈt͡ʃiːvus]

Adjective

nocīvus (feminine nocīva, neuter nocīvum); first/second-declension adjective

1. hurtful, injurious, noxious

   Synonym: malus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nocīvus	nocīva	nocīvum		nocīvī	nocīvae	nocīva
genitive	nocīvī	nocīvae	nocīvī		nocīvōrum	nocīvārum	nocīvōrum
dative	nocīvō	nocīvae	nocīvō		nocīvīs
accusative	nocīvum	nocīvam	nocīvum		nocīvōs	nocīvās	nocīva
ablative	nocīvō	nocīvā	nocīvō		nocīvīs
vocative	nocīve	nocīva	nocīvum		nocīvī	nocīvae	nocīva

Descendants

• → Catalan: nociu
• → English: nocive
• → French: nocif
  • → Romanian: nociv
• → Italian: nocivo
• → Portuguese: nocivo
• → Spanish: nocivo

References

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