ἄκανθα
ἄκανθ-α [
ᾰκ],(
ἀκή A)
1). any thorny or
prickly plant (in
Od. 5.328 (pl.) prob.
Eryngium campestre),
S. Fr. 718 ,
Eub. 107.19 ,
Theoc. 1.132 , etc.: prov.,
οὐ γὰρ ἄκανθαι no
thistles, i.e. 'an easy job',
Ar. Fr. 272 ,
483 :—special kinds:
ἄ. Ἀραβική smaller milk-thistle, Notobasis syriaca,
Dsc. 3.13 ;
ἄ. βασιλική fish-thistle, Cnicus Acarna,
Thphr. CP 1.10.5 ;
ἄ. Ἰνδική, =
Balsamodendron Mukul,
Id. HP 9.1.2 ;
ἄ. λευκή Acacia albida, ib.
4.2.8 ; =
ἄ. βασιλική ,
Dsc. 3.12 ;
ἄ. λευκὴ τρίοζος, =
Euphorbia antiquorum,
Thphr. HP 4.4.12 ;
ἄ. ἀκανώδης (prob.)
cornthistle, Carduus arvensis, ib.
10.6 .
2). of other plants, e.g.
Spanish broom, Spartium junceum,
Str. 3.5.10 :— =
ἀκακία, ἄ. Αἰγυπτία ,
Thphr. HP 9.1.2 . cf.
POxy. 1188.10 (
13 A. D.), etc.;
ἄ. μέλαινα Acacia arabica,
Thphr. HP 4.2.8 , cf.
Hdt. 2.96 ,
Thd. Is. 41.19 ;
ἄ. δψάς, =
Acacia tortilis,
Thphr. HP 4.7.1 .
3). centralflowering-bud of
χαμαιλέων λευκός, ib.
9.12.1 ,
Dsc. 3.8 .
4). = ἄκανθος , Ps.- Dsc. 3.17 .
5). in pl.,
prickles or
spines of the hedgehog and of certain fish, Ion Trag.
38 ,
Arist. HA 530b8 .
6). backbone or
spine of fish,
A. Fr. 275 ,
Ar. V. 969 ,
Alex. 110.11 ,al.; of serpents,
Hdt. 2.75 ,
Theoc. 24.32 ,
A.R. 4.150 ; of men,
Hdt. 4.72 ,
Hp. Art. 14 ,
E. El. 492 ,
Arist. PA 654a26 ,
Gal. 2.451 , etc.; improperly used of mammalia, acc. to
Arist. AP 0.98a22 ; of
the spinous processes of the vertebrae,
Gal. 2.758 ;
χονδρώδεις ἄ. false ribs,
Ruf. Oss. 25 .
ShortDef
a thorn, prickle
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἄκανθα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ακανθα
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-2899
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἄκανθ-α</span> [<span class="foreign greek">ᾰκ],</span>(<span class="foreign greek">ἀκή</span> A) <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thorn, prickle</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:655a:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:655a.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PA</span> 655a19 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:6:1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:6:1:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 6.1.3 </a>: hence, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">any thorny</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prickly plant</span> (in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:5:328" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg010:5.328/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.328 </a> (pl.) prob. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Eryngium campestre</span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:718" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:718/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 718 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:107:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:107.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eub.</span> 107.19 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:132" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.132/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 1.132 </a>, etc.: prov., <span class="foreign greek">οὐ γὰρ ἄκανθαι</span> no <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thistles</span>, i.e. \'an easy job\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:272" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:272/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 272 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:483" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:483/canonical-url/"> 483 </a>:—special kinds: <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. Ἀραβική</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">smaller milk-thistle, Notobasis syriaca</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 3.13 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. βασιλική</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fish-thistle, Cnicus Acarna</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:1:10:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:1:10:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 1.10.5 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. Ἰνδική</span>, = <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Balsamodendron Mukul</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:1:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 9.1.2 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. λευκή</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Acacia albida</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:4:2:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:4:2:8/canonical-url/"> 4.2.8 </a>; = <span class="ref greek">ἄ. βασιλική</span> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 3.12 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. λευκὴ τρίοζος</span>, = <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Euphorbia antiquorum</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:4:4:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:4:4:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 4.4.12 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. ἀκανώδης</span> (prob.) <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cornthistle, Carduus arvensis</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:10:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:10.6/canonical-url/"> 10.6 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> of other plants, e.g. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Spanish broom, Spartium junceum</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:5:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:5:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 3.5.10 </a>:— = <span class="ref greek">ἀκακία, ἄ. Αἰγυπτία</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:1:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 9.1.2 </a>. cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 1188.10 </span> (<span class="bibl"> 13 </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> </span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span></span>), etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. μέλαινα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Acacia arabica</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:4:2:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:4:2:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 4.2.8 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:96" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.96/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.96 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thd.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Is.</span> 41.19 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἄ. δψάς</span>, = <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">Acacia tortilis</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:4:7:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:4:7:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 4.7.1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> centralflowering-bud of <span class="foreign greek">χαμαιλέων λευκός</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:12:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:12:1/canonical-url/"> 9.12.1 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 3.8 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">ἄκανθος</span> , Ps.-<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Dsc.</span> 3.17 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">prickles</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spines</span> of the hedgehog and of certain fish, Ion Trag.<span class="bibl"> 38 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:530b:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:530b.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 530b8 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">backbone</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spine</span> of fish, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:275" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:275/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 275 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:969" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc1:969/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">V.</span> 969 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:110:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:110.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 110.11 </a>,al.; of serpents, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:75" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.75/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.75 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 24.32 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:150" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0001.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.150/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.R.</span> 4.150 </a>; of men, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.72 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Art.</span> 14 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:492" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:492/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 492 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:654a:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:654a.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PA</span> 654a26 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 2.451 </span>, etc.; improperly used of mammalia, acc. to <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 0.98a22 </span>; of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the spinous processes of the vertebrae</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 2.758 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">χονδρώδεις ἄ</span>. false ribs, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ruf.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Oss.</span> 25 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>7).</strong></span> metaph. in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">thorny</span> questions, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg061:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg061:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hes.</span> 5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:97d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.97d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 3.97d </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}