ἀκανθώδης
ες
A.
full of thorns, thorny, χῶρος Hdt. 1.126; τὸ ῥόδον Arist. Pr. 907a22, cf. Thphr. HP 1.5.3, etc.
2.
prickly, γλῶττα Arist. HA 503a2; τρίχες ib.490b28; of the vertebrae, spinous, ib.516b20: Comp., ib.516b22.
3.
metaph., λόγοι ἀ. thorny arguments, Luc. DMort. 10.8; ἀ. βίος Suid.