aconitum

See also: Aconitum

English

Aconitum napellus

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.
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

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