noun · neutersecond declension
opium
opium n (genitive opiī or opī)
Classical[ˈɔ.pi.ũː]Ecclesiastical[ˈɔː.pi.um]
Meaning
- neuteropium, poppy-juice
Multa venēna ut coffēinum, opium, morphīnum sunt remedia.
Many poisons like caffeine, opium and morphine are remedies.2021 June 11, rozalinda (uploader), chapter 111111, in Scribd, contains some Latin and Albanian translations:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | opium | opia |
| genitive | opiī opī | opiōrum |
| dative | opiō | opiīs |
| accusative | opium | opia |
| ablative | opiō | opiīs |
| vocative | opium | opia |
ŏpĭum or -on, i, n., = ὄπιον,
I. poppyjuice, opium, Plin. 20, 18, 76, § 199; 25, 10, 81, § 130.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *sokʷos (“juice, resin”).
Descendants
- Catalanopi
- Englishopium
- Frenchopium
- GermanOpium
- Italianoppio
- Portugueseópio
- Romanianopiu
- Spanishopio
- Asturianopiu
- Czechopium