veneficium
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From venēficus (“poisonous; magical”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯e.neːˈfi.ki.um/, [u̯ɛneːˈfɪkiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ve.neˈfi.t͡ʃi.um/, [veneˈfiːt͡ʃium]
Noun
[edit]venēficium n (genitive venēficiī or venēficī); second declension
- an instance of poisoning; poisonous substance
- the preparation of magic potions; sorcery, witchcraft, magic, magic potion
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | venēficium | venēficia |
| genitive | venēficiī venēficī1 |
venēficiōrum |
| dative | venēficiō | venēficiīs |
| accusative | venēficium | venēficia |
| ablative | venēficiō | venēficiīs |
| vocative | venēficium | venēficia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “veneficium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “veneficium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- veneficium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to accuse a person of violence, poisoning: accusare aliquem de vi, de veneficiis
- to accuse a person of violence, poisoning: accusare aliquem de vi, de veneficiis
- “veneficium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “veneficium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin