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toxicum1

toxicum1 · n

a poison in which arrows were dipped

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What it meant

1. toxĭcum — Lewis & Short

toxĭcum, i, n., = tociko/n; orig.,

I Lit., a poison in which arrows were dipped, Caecil. and Afran. ap. Fest. p. 355 Müll.; Ov. P. 4, 7, 11; cf. Plin. 16, 10, 20, § 51. —

II Transf., poison, in gen. (syn. venenum); sing., Plaut. Merc. 2, 4, 4: miscere, Hor. Epod. 17, 61; Suet. Claud. 44; id. Ner. 35. — Plur.: bibere, Prop. 1, 5, 6; Ov. Am. 2, 2, 64; Luc. 9, 820; Mart. 1, 19, 6; Col. 10, 18.

2. toxicum — Walde–Hofmann

toxicum, -; n. ,Pfeilgift, Gift" (seit Plaut, rom.): — entl, aus gr. ToÉiKÓv n. ds. (s. unter 2. taxus). — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. toxicum, p. 1604]

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. toxicum (scan pp. 721-722; entry #12002).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. toxicum (scan p. 1604; entry #3054).

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