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English
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
conium (plural coniums)
- Any of the species in the genus Conium of poisonous perennial herbaceous flowering plants.
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κώνειον (kṓneion).
Pronunciation
Noun
cōnīum n (genitive cōnīī); second declension
- hemlock
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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.