Ăcanthus, i, f., = Ἄκανθος,
a town of Macedonia , now Erisso , Liv. 31, 45 fin. ; Mel. 2, 2, 9; Plin. 4, 10, 17, § 38.
ACANTHUS(Ἄκανθος: Eth. Ἀκάνθιος） 1. （Erisso), a town on the E. side of the isth...
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acanthus ī, m , a plant, bear's-foot: mollis, V., O.; fem., an Egyptian thorn: semper frondens, V. ...
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·noun A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bea...
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