aconitum

Etymology

From Latin aconītum (“wolfsbane, monkshood”). See aconite.

Noun

aconitum (plural aconitums)

1. The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
   • c 1598 Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, IV, iv

     Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder.

2. Aconitum, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀκόνιτον (akóniton, “wolf's bane”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.koˈniː.tum/

Noun

aconītum n (genitive aconītī); second declension

1. Any of the poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum; wolfsbane, monkshood, aconite.
2. A poison made from the poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum.

References

• aconitum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• aconitum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• aconitum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette