acanthus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

† ăcanthus, i, m., = ἄκανθος.

I > The plant bear's-breech , bear's-foot , or brankursine : Acanthus mollis, Linn.; Verg. E. 3, 45; 4, 20; id. G. 4, 123; id. A. 1, 649; Plin. 22, 22, 34, § 76 al.—

II Fem. , a thorny evergreen tree of Egypt , Verg. G. 2, 119; Vell. 2, 56, 2; Plin. 24, 12, 66, 108 sq.

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