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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

  • καὶ πᾶν ὄροσ ἀροτριώμενον ἀροτριωθήσεται, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐπέλθῃ ἐκεῖ φόβοσ. ἔσται γὰρ ἀπὸ τῆσ χέρσου καὶ ἀκάνθησ εἰσ βόσκημα προβάτου καὶ καταπάτημα βοόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 7:25)
  • τῆσ οὖν πέψεωσ οὐχ ὁμαλιζούσησ, ἀλλὰ τῶν μὲν σαρκῶν ἄγαν ταχὺ πεττομένων, τῆσ δὲ ἀκάνθησ σχολῇ διαλυομένησ καὶ γὰρ ἅμα αἱ ἀφύαι καθ’ αὑτὰσ ἀκανθώδεισ ἐμποδισμὸσ αὐτῶν ἑκατέρου γίγνεται περὶ τὴν κατεργασίαν, εἶτα φῦσαι μὲν ἀπὸ τῆσ πέψεωσ, ὑγρασίαι δὲ ἀπὸ τῆσ τροφῆσ συμβαίνουσι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 552)
  • πάπποσ ἀπ’ ἀκάνθησ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 71 4:1)
  • ἔπειτα νάρκην ἔλαβον, ἐνθυμούμενοσ ὅτι δεῖ γυναικὸσ ἐπιφερούσησ δακτύλουσ ἁπαλοὺσ ὑπ’ ἀκάνθησ μηδὲ ἓν τούτων παθεῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 69 4:1)
  • ἑτέρου δ’ ἐπιφανέντοσ ἔξωθεν σοφιστοῦ καὶ μελετῶντοσ, ὀρρωδῶν ὑφειμένου δόξαν παρασχεῖν, ἔτι τῆσ ἀκάνθησ ἐνισχομένησ ἐμελέτησε· (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 16 18:2)

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