ἄκανθος

A. bearsfoot, Acanthus mollis, a plant imitated in Corinthian capitals, Arist. Fr. 269(prob.), cf. IG 4.1484.243(Epid.); ὑγρὸς ἄ. Theoc. 1.55; ἄ. ἀγρία Acanthus spinosus, Dsc. 3.17.

II. Acanthus, = ἀκακία, Virg.G. 2.119.