aconitum
See also: Aconitum
English
Aconitum napellus
Wikispecies
Etymology
From Latin aconītum (“wolfsbane, monkshood”). See aconite.
Noun
aconitum (plural aconitums)
- The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
- c 1598 Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, IV, iv
- Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder.
- c 1598 Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, IV, iv
- Aconitum, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀκόνιτον (akóniton, “wolf's bane”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.koˈniː.tum/
Noun
aconītum n (genitive aconītī); second declension
- Any of the poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum; wolfsbane, monkshood, aconite.
- A poison made from the poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | aconītum | aconīta |
| Genitive | aconītī | aconītōrum |
| Dative | aconītō | aconītīs |
| Accusative | aconītum | aconīta |
| Ablative | aconītō | aconītīs |
| Vocative | aconītum | aconīta |
Descendants
- English: aconite, aconitum
- Esperanto: akonito
- Ido: akonito
- Italian: aconito
- Portuguese: acônito
- Russian: акони́т m (akonít)
- Translingual: aconita, 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