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ἄκανθα

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄκανθα ἀκάνθης

Structure: ἀκανθ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: a)kh/ I

Sense

  1. A thorny plant
  2. A thorn, spine, or prickle
  3. (figuratively) Something difficult or painful.

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "ἐντεῦθεν δὲ ὄροσ παρέτεινε τοῦ ποταμοῦ τοῦ Ἰνδοῦ καὶ ἔνθεν καὶ ἔνθεν ὑψηλόν τε καὶ δασὺ ἀγρίῃ ὕλῃ καὶ ἀκάνθῃ κυνάρᾳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 82 2:2)
  • δένδρον ἐστὶ τῷ μὲν μεγέθει μικρόν, τῇ δὲ προσόψει τῇ ἀκάνθῃ τῇ Αἰγυπτίᾳ τῇ λευκῇ παρεμφερέσ, τὰ δὲ φύλλα τοῦ δένδρου ὅμοια τῇ ὀνομαζομένῃ ἰτέᾳ, καὶ τὸ ἄνθοσ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ φύεται χρυσοειδέσ, ὁ δὲ λιβανωτὸσ γινόμενοσ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ὀπίζεται ὡσ ἂν δάκρυον. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 41 5:2)

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