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acanthus

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

acanthus , ī, m.: the plant bear's-foot; the acanthus, 1.649.
† ăcanthus, i, m., = ἄκανθος.
  • > 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 f., a thorny evergreen tree of Egypt, Verg. G. 2, 119; Vell. 2, 56, 2; Plin. 24, 12, 66, 108 sq.

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