strychnos

ὥσπερ ἀνέµου 'ξαίφνης ἀσελγοῦς γενοµένου → just as when a wind suddenly turns foul, just as when a wind suddenly turns nasty

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

strychnos: i, m., = στρύχνος,
I a kind of nightshade, Plin. 27, 8, 44, § 68.—Called also trychnos, Plin. 21, 31, 105, § 177; App. Herb. 74.