Latin

Noun

venēficium n ‎(genitive venēficiī); second declension

1. an instance of poisoning; poisonous substance
2. the preparation of magic potions; sorcery, witchcraft, magic,magic potion

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• venēfica
• venēficus

References

• veneficium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• veneficium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “veneficium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to accuse a person of violence, poisoning: accusare aliquem de vi, de veneficiis
    
• veneficium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• veneficium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin