ἀνάκανθος
Κινδυνεύουσι γὰρ ὅσοι τυγχάνουσιν ὀρθῶς ἁπτόμενοι φιλοσοφίας λεληθέναι τοὺς ἄλλους ὅτι οὐδὲν ἄλλο αὐτοὶ ἐπιτηδεύουσιν ἢ ἀποθνῄσκειν τε καὶ τεθνάναι → Actually, the rest of us probably haven't realized that those who manage to pursue philosophy as it should be pursued are practicing nothing else but dying and being dead (Socrates via Plato, Phaedo 64a.5)
English (LSJ)
ον,
A without a spine, of certain fish, Hdt.4.53; κοχλίας Aenigm. ap. Ath.2.63b. 2 of plants, without thorns, Thphr.HP 3.12.9.
German (Pape)
[Seite 191] ohne Dorn; ohne Rückgrat u. Gräten, Her. 4, 53; Ath. II, 63 d.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀνάκανθος: -ον, ἄνευ ἀκανθής (ῥαχοκοκκάλου), οὕτως ὀνομάζεται ὁ ἀντακαῖος, ἰχθὺς μέγας ζῶν ἐν τῷ Βορυσθένει ποταμῷ καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ, Ἡρόδ. 4. 53. 2) ἐπὶ φυτῶν, ἄνευ ἀκανθῶν, Θεοφρ. Ἱστ. Φ. 3. 12, 9, «ἀνάκανθα ῥόδα» Κ. Μανασσ. Χρον. 202.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
sans arête.
Étymologie: ἀ, ἄκανθα.
