noxius

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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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

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Descendants

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  • → English: noxious
  • → Portuguese: nóxio

References

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  • “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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