aconitum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ăcŏnītum, i, n., = ἀκόνιτον,

a poisonous plant , wolf's-bane , monk's-hood , aconite , Plin. 27, 2, 2, 4; 6, 1, 1, 4 fin. : aconiton, Ov. M. 7, 407.—In plur., Verg. G. 2, 152; Ov. M. 7, 419; Aus. Idyll. 12, 9, 11; Luc. 4, 322. —For a strong poison in gen., Ov. M. 1, 147; Juv. 10, 25.

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