ópíum

See also: opium, ópium, and Opium

Icelandic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion), from ὀπός (opós, “juice of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *swokʷos (“juice, resin”).

Noun

ópíum n (genitive singular ópíums, no plural)

  1. opium
    Trúin er ópíum fólksins og fjöldans.
    Religion is the opium of the people and multitudes.

Declension

Declension of ópíum (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative ópíum ópíumið
accusative ópíum ópíumið
dative ópíum ópíuminu
genitive ópíums ópíumsins
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