aconitum

See also: Aconitum

English

Aconitum napellus

Wikispecies

Etymology

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

Noun

aconitum (plural aconitums)

1. The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
   • c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:

     Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder.

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

Anagrams

• acontium

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.koˈniː.tum/, [äkɔˈniːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.koˈni.tum/, [äkoˈniːt̪um]

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.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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.