aconitum

== English == === Etymology === From Latin aconītum (“wolfsbane, monkshood”). See aconite. === Noun === aconitum (plural aconitums) The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it. Aconitum, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae. === Anagrams === acontium == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀκόνιτον (akóniton, “wolf's bane”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.kɔˈniː.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) 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. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== === 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.