cactus
From LSJ
καὶ ἐχθροὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου οἱ οἰκιακοὶ αὐτοῦ → and a man's foes shall be they of his own household (Micah 7:6, Matthew 10:36)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cactus: i, m., = κάκτος,
I a prickly plant with edible stalks, etc., found in Sicily, Spanish artichoke: Cynara cardunculus, Linn.; Plin. 21, 16, 57, § 97.—
II Trop., any thing thorny, unpleasant: eradicato omni cacto et rubo subdolae familiaritatis, Tert. Pall. 2 fin.>
Latin > English
cactus cacti N M :: cardoon (Cynara cardunculus), Spanish artichoke; anything thorny/unpleasant
