ἀκάνθινος
η, ον
A.
of thorns, στέφανος Ev.Marc. 15.17, Jo. 19.5.
2.
metaph., thorny, ἐν ἀ. ἀταρποῖς Anacreont. 53.12.
II.
of shittah-wood, ἱστός Hdt. 2.96; ξύλα PLond. 3.1177.191 (ii A. D.); τὰ ἀ. cloths made of ἀκάνθιον 2, Str. 3.5.10.
2.
ἀ. πάππος thistle-down, Dsc. 4.81.