venenum

Meaning

1. (declension-2) a potion, juice
2. (declension-2) poison, venom

Concepts

poison

venom

drug

💊

potion

toxin

illness

dye

whopper

ink

paint

Synonyms

toxicum

cantharis

color

aconitum

virus

pigmentum

Translations

Gift

veneno

poison

veleno

veneno

verí

δηλητήριο

gif

zehir

vergif

tóxico

metzina

venin

Pronounced as (IPA)

[wɛˈneː.nũː]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *weneznom (“lust, desire”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, love”). See also Sanskrit वनति (vanati, “gain, wish, erotic lust”), Latin Venus, veneror, venia, vēnor and English wish.