ἄκανθα
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- A thorny plant
- A thorn, spine, or prickle
- (figuratively) Something difficult or painful.
Etymology
Compound from Ancient Greek ἀκή (point, thorn, extremity, tip) + Ancient Greek ἄνθος (flower, sprout, blossom).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἄνθος
Gloss
flower, sprout, blossom
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
花
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -anth English
- acanthite English
- *ācrispīnum Latin
- Acanthio Latin
- anthus Latin
- acanto- Italian
- acanzio Italian
- anto- Italian
- Κλεάνθης Ancient Greek
- Τιμάνθης Ancient Greek
- αἷμα Ancient Greek
- λευκάκανθα Ancient Greek
- λευκός Ancient Greek
- μελάνθιον Ancient Greek
- μηνάνθος Ancient Greek
- στρόφος Ancient Greek
- τράγος Ancient Greek
- τρίναξ Ancient Greek
- τραγάκανθα Ancient Greek
- ἀκάνθινος Ancient Greek
- ἀκάνθιον Ancient Greek
- ἀκή Ancient Greek
- ἀκανθίς Ancient Greek
- ἀκανθίων Ancient Greek
- ἀνθέω Ancient Greek
- ἀνθίας Ancient Greek
- ἀνθολογία Ancient Greek
- ἄκανθος Ancient Greek
- ἄνθινος Ancient Greek
- ἄνθος Ancient Greek
- Ἀνδοκίδης Ancient Greek
- ὀξυάκανθα Ancient Greek
- ὀξῠ́ς Ancient Greek
- *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- anto- Portuguese
- कण्टक Sanskrit
- antó- Irish
- कांटा Hindi
- άκανθα Greek (modern)
- άκανθος Greek (modern)
- άνθος Greek (modern)
- -acanthus Translingual
- కంటకుడు Telugu
- లోకకంటకుడు Telugu
- কঁটা Assamese
- কাঁইট Assamese
- কাঁটা Assamese
- 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀝𑀓 Sauraseni Prakrit
- ἄκανθος gkm
- ܐܢܩܬ ܐܝܠܐ Classical Syriac
- *ántʰos Proto-Hellenic