1. ἄκανθα · akantha — Beekes
thorn, thistle
The corpus record
ἄκανθ-α
akantha
thorn, thistle
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Distribution
- Odae 3 · 7.38/10k
- Osee 2 · 5.31/10k
- Canticum 1 · 5.14/10k
- Isaias 8 · 3.05/10k
- Matthew 5 · 2.79/10k
- Mark 3 · 2.73/10k
- Ecclesiastes 1 · 2.21/10k
- Luke 4 · 2.07/10k
- Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
- Proverbia 2 · 1.8/10k
- Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
- Judices (cod. Al.) 2 · 1.37/10k
Densest 12 of 28 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. ἄκανθα · akantha — Chantraine
chez Ath. 15; 7881 e, et. ἀχακαλλίς
3. ἄκανθα · akantha — Chantraine
f
4. ἄκανθα · akantha — Chantraine
asperge), tous noms de plantes : ἀκανθών et ἀκανθεών « buissnn d
5. ἄκανθα · akantha — Frisk
Rückgrat
6. ἄκανθα · akantha — Frisk
Nach Belardi Rend
7. ἄκανθ-α · akanth-a — LSJ
thorn, prickle
Attestations
- ἀκάνθας · akanthas Odyssey 5.328
- ἄκανθα · akantha Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 6.36.1 (DIORISIS sentence 864)
- ἀκάνθας · akanthas Epictetus, Discourses 2.5 (DIORISIS sentence 2069)
- ἀκάνθας · akanthas Herodotus, Histories 2.75.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2073)
- ἀκανθέων · akantheōn Herodotus, Histories 2.75.1 (DIORISIS sentence 2073)
- ἄκανθαι · akanthai Herodotus, Histories 2.75.2 (DIORISIS sentence 2074)
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