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ἀκάνθινος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκάνθινος

Structure: ἀκανθιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/kanqa

Sense

  1. of thorns
  2. of acacia wood

Examples

  • καὶ ἀναφύσει εἰσ τὰσ πόλεισ αὐτῶν ἀκάνθινα ξύλα καὶ εἰσ τὰ ὀχυρώματα αὐτῆσ, καὶ ἔσται ἔπαυλισ σειρήνων καὶ αὐλὴ στρουθῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 34:13)
  • τὰ δ’ ἀκάνθινα ὑφαίνεται καὶ ἐν Καππαδοκίᾳ, φέρει δ’ οὐ δένδρον τὴν ἄκανθαν ἐξ ἧσ ὁ φλοιόσ, ἀλλὰ χαμαίζηλοσ ἡ βοτάνη. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 5 20:5)

Synonyms

  1. of thorns

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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