aconitum

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ăcŏnītum: i, n., = ἀκόνιτον>,
I a poisonous plant, wolf's-bane, monk's-hood, aconite, Plin. 27, 2, 2; 6, 1, 1 fin.: aconiton, Ov. M. 7, 407.—In <number opt="n">plur.</number>, 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.