aconitum

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English

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Aconitum napellus
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Etymology

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

Noun

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aconitum (plural aconitums)

  1. The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
  2. Aconitum, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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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

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References

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  • 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.