conium

See also: Conium

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

conium (plural coniums)

  1. (botany) Any of the species in the genus Conium of poisonous perennial herbaceous flowering plants.

Synonyms

Translations
Conium — see poison hemlock

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κώνειον (kṓneion).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /koːˈniː.um/, [koːˈniː.ũ]

Noun

cōnīum n (genitive cōniī); second declension

  1. hemlock

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōnīum cōnīa
Genitive cōnīī cōnīōrum
Dative cōnīō cōnīīs
Accusative cōnīum cōnīa
Ablative cōnīō cōnīīs
Vocative cōnīum cōnīa

Descendants

References
  • conium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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