ἀκανθίς
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
- cotton thistle (Onopordum acanthium)
- kind of perching bird, perhaps:
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (thorn, spine, any thorny shrub, thorny bush).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἄκανθα
Gloss
thorn, spine, any thorny shrub, thorny bush
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- acanthite English
- λευκάκανθα Ancient Greek
- τραγάκανθα Ancient Greek
- ἀκάνθινος Ancient Greek
- ἀκάνθιον Ancient Greek
- ἀκή Ancient Greek
- ἀκανθίων Ancient Greek
- ἄκανθα Ancient Greek
- ἄνθος Ancient Greek
- ὀξυάκανθα Ancient Greek
- άκανθα Greek (modern)
- -acanthus Translingual
- ἄκανθος gkm
- ܐܢܩܬ ܐܝܠܐ Classical Syriac