λευκάκανθα
From LSJ
ὡς οὐδὲν γλύκιον ἧς πατρίδος οὐδὲ τοκήων γίνεται, εἴ περ καί τις ἀπόπροθι πίονα οἶκον γαίῃ ἐν ἀλλοδαπῇ ναίει ἀπάνευθε τοκήων → More than all pleasures that were ever made parents and fatherland our life still bless. Though we rich home in a strange land possess, still the old memories about us cling.
English (LSJ)
[ᾰκ], ἡ,
A white thistle, Tyrimnus leucographus, Thphr. HP6.4.3, Plin.HN21.94 (v. infr.). 2 tuberous thistle, Cnicus tuberosus, Dsc.3.19, Gal.12.58, Plin.HN22.40:—in form λευκ-άκανθος, ἡ, ib.21.94, v.l. in Gal.6.623.
German (Pape)
[Seite 33] ἡ, Weißdorn, Theophr., Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λευκάκανθα: ἡ, λευκὴ ἄκανθα, εἶδος ἀκανθώδους φυτοῦ, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 6. 4, 3.
