ἀκόνιτον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">leopard's bane, Aconitum Anthora</b>, Theopomp. Hist. <span class="bibl">177a</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.16.4</span>, Dsc.4.76, Gal.11.820:—also ἀκόν-ῑτος, ἡ, dub.l. in <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Al.</span>42</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>11.123 (Hedyl.), <span class="bibl">Euph.142</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">wolf's bane, Aconitum Napellus</b>, Dsc.4.77.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: poisonous plant, [[Aconitum]] but also others André, Lex. (Thphr.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: By the ancients derived from [[ἀκονιτί]] [[without dust]], i.e. without struggle / fight ([[ἀκόνιτος]] Q. S.), i.e. [[invincible]], because of its deadly effect. Semantically improbable. Cf. Jüthner Glotta 29, 73ff., Strömberg Pflanzennamen 150 A. 1. - Wrong Lagercrantz Eranos 35, 35f. S. also Kretschmer REIE 1, 171ff. - Fur. 121 connects [[κονή]], [[κῶνος]]. A substr. word is anyhow prob.