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masculine
/ˈopjo/
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Translation
opium
Word origin
From Latin opium, from Greek opion ('poppy juice'), a diminutive of opos ('vegetable juice, sap'). English 'opium' and 'opiate' share the root.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- opion
- English cognates
- opium, opiate
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluralopios
Examples
amapola.
Opium is extracted from a variety of poppy.
XIX boticas.
In the nineteenth century opium was sold in pharmacies.
comercio provocó China.
The opium trade caused wars in China.
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Did you know that morphine is obtained from opium?
advirtió .
The doctor warned of the danger of opium.
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