ἀνάκανθος
τί ἦ μοι ταῦτα περὶ δρῦν ἢ περὶ πέτρην → but what is this to me, about an oak or a rock | but what are these things about a tree or a rock to me | why all this about trees and rocks | why all this about what we have nothing to do with | but why am I off on this tangent
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.
Spanish (DGE)
-ον
no espinoso, sin espinasde cierto pez κήτεά τε μεγάλα ἀνάκανθα, τὰ ἀντακαίους καλέουσι Hdt.4.53, κοχλίαι enigma en Ath.63b, de plantas, Thphr.HP 3.12.9.
