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