poisonous

poisonous
adj.
P. and V. νοσώδης.

POISONOUS

PROP. venenatus (general term); veneno imbutus infectus or tinctus (dipped in poison): veneno illitus (besmeared or covered with poison). Figuratively acerbus (bitter). To be poisoned acerba esse natura.

poisonous:

1. vĕnēnātus: p. vipers, v. colubrae, Lucr. 5, 27: Plin. (who has compar., N. H. 32, 2, 12).

2. vīrŭlentus (rare): Gell.

3. mălus: esp. in phr. malum venenum (v. POISON): esp. poet., fed on p. herbs, mala gramina pastus, Virg. Aen. 2. 471: Hor.

4. noxius: Tac. A. 14, 52 (n. medicamen).