Translingual

Aconitum napellus

Proper noun

Aconitum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ranunculaceae – flowering plants in the buttercup family, with over 250 species.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots - clades; Ranunculales - order; Ranunculaceae - family; Ranunculoideae - subfamily; Aconiteae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Aconitum subg. Aconitum, Aconitum subg. Lycoctonum, Aconitum subg. Paraconitum - subgenera
  • For species see Aconitum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Acconitum napellus

Wikispecies

Noun

aconitum ‎(plural aconitums)

1. The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
   • c 1598 Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 2, IV, iv

     Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder.

2. 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

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.

Inflection

Second declension.

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “aconitum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.