noxius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnok.si.us/, [ˈnɔks̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈnok.si.us/, [ˈnɔksius]

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

• noxia
• noxietās

Related terms

• noceō
• noxa
• noxālis
• noxiālis
• noxiōsus
• noxitūdō
• obnoxius

Descendants

• → English: noxious
• → 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.