Middle English Dictionary Entry
cicūta n.
Entry Info
| Forms | cicūta n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The poison hemlock Conium maculatum.
Associated quotations
- (a1398) *Trev.Barth.(Add 27944)246a/a : They þat bawmeth hem with Ius of Rue beþ nought..infecte With þe Ius of cicuta, þat is venym of venymes.
- c1425 Arderne Fistula (Sln 6)101/10 : Ane vntement slepyng..Recipe succus iusquiami, Mandrage, Cicute, [etc.].