δηλητηριώδης

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δηλητήρῐον (dēlētḗrion, poison) +‎ -ώδης (-ṓdēs, like), from δηλητήρῐος (dēlētḗrios, noxious), from δηλέομαι (dēléomai, I destroy).

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Adjective

δηλητήρῐώδης (dēlētḗriṓdēsm or f (neuter δηλητηρῐῶδες); third declension

  1. harmful, poisonous, noxious
    Χαμαιλέοντος ἡ ῥίζα τοῦ μὲν μέλανος ἔχει τι δηλητηριῶδες (Aetius med. 413.1)
    τοῦ δὲ κακοῦ· ἤτοι τῶν δηλητηριωδῶν βοτανῶν (Scholia in Aristotelem, 20.177b17i.1)

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Greek

Adjective

δηλητηριώδης (dilitiriódism (feminine δηλητηριώδης, neuter δηλητηριώδες)

  1. poisonous

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