Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀκανθώδης

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀκανθώδης ἀκανθώδες

Structure: ἀκανθωδη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: ei)=dos

Sense

  1. full of thorns, thorny
  2. thorny

Examples

  • μᾶλλον δὲ ἡ μὲν ἀτραπόσ ἐστι στενὴ καὶ ἀκανθώδησ καὶ τραχεῖα, πολὺ τὸ δίψοσ ἐμφαίνουσα καὶ ἱδρῶτα· (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 7:4)
  • οὗτοσ δὲ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἐπὶ κεφαλὴν μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἀκανθώδησ ἐστί, καὶ δέοσ μὴ διαπαρῇ τισ τὸν λαιμὸν ἐσθίων. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 51:20)
  • ὡσ δὲ παρῆσαν ἅπαντεσ ἔχοντεσ τὸ προειρημένον, ἐνθαῦτα ὁ Κῦροσ, ἦν γάρ τισ χῶροσ τῆσ Περσικῆσ ἀκανθώδησ ὅσον τε ἐπὶ ὀκτωκαίδεκα σταδίουσ ἢ εἴκοσι πάντῃ, τοῦτον σφι τὸν χῶρον προεῖπε ἐξημερῶσαι ἐν ἡμέρῃ. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 126 2:1)

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

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