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Acanthius

Acanthius · adj

from Acanthus

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Where it lives

Mercator 59 · 68.88/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

ăcanthĭus — Lewis & Short

ăcanthĭus, a, um, adj.,

I from Acanthus, a town in Macedonia: sal, Plin. 31, 7, 41, § 85.

1 † ăcanthus, i, m., = a)/kanqos.

I The plant bear's-breech, bear's-foot, or brankursine: Acanthus mollis, Linn.; Verg. E. 3, 45; 4, 20; id. G. 4, 123; id. A. 1, 649; Plin. 22, 22, 34, § 76 al.—

II Fem., a thorny evergreen tree of Egypt, Verg. G. 2, 119; Vell. 2, 56, 2; Plin. 24, 12, 66 sq.

In the wild

6 of 60 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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