ἀτρακτυλίς
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English (LSJ)
or ἀτρακτυλλίς, ίδος, ἡ, woolly distaff thistle, downy safflower, saffron thistle, spindle-thistle, used for making spindles, Carthamus lanatus, Arist.HA627a8, Thphr.HP 6.4.6, Theoc.4.52(pl.), Dsc.3.93:—also ἀτρακτύαλος (leg. ἀτρακτύλλος), Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 388] ίδος, ἡ, auch ἀτρακτυλλίς geschrieben, ein distelartiges Gewächs, das man zu Spindeln brauchte, Arist. H. A. 9, 40; Theocr. 4, 52.
Spanish (DGE)
-ίδος, ἡ
• Alolema(s): ἀτρακτυλλίς Arist.HA 627a8, Theoc.4.52, Hsch.
bot. cardo cabrero, Carthamus lanatus L., X.Cyn.9.15, Arist.l.c., Thphr.HP 6.4.6, Dsc.3.93, Gal.6.623, Hsch.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀτρακτῠλίς: ἤ ἀτρακτυλλίς, ίδος, ἡ, εἶδος φυτοῦ ἀκανθώδους ἔχοντος σχῆμα ἀτράκτου, ἐξ οὗ κατεσκεύαζον ἀτράκτους, Carthamus Creticus κατὰ τὸν Sprengel, (τὸ δὲ Euonymus Europaeus εἶναι τὸ Ἀγγλ. Spindle-tree), Ἀριστ. Ἱστ. Ζ. 9. 40, 49, Θεόκρ. 4. 52, Θεοφρ. Ἱστ. Φ. 6. 4, 6· ― «ἀτρακτυλίς· φυτὸν ἀκανθῶδες· οἱ δὲ τὴν ἀγρίαν κνῆκον» Ἡσύχ. ― Κατὰ τὸν Sibthorp ἡ νεωτέρα ὀνομασία τοῦ φυτοῦ τούτου εἶναι ἀτρακτύλι ἢ σταυραγκάθι.
Greek Monolingual
ἀτρακτυλ(λ)ίς, η (Α)
ονομασία αγκαθερού φυτού από το οποίο κατασκεύαζαν αδράχτια.
Greek Monotonic
ἀτρακτῠλίς: ή ἀτρακτυλλίς, -ίδος, ἡ, φυτό που μοιάζει με γαϊδουράγκαθο και χρησιμ. στην κατασκευή της ατράκτου, σε Θεόκρ. (άγν. προέλ.).
Middle Liddell
derivation unknown.]
a thistle-like plant, used for making spindles, Theocr.
Wikipedia EN
Carthamus lanatus is a species of thistle known as woolly distaff thistle, downy safflower or saffron thistle. It is closely related to safflower (Carthamus tinctorius). This annual plant is a native of the Mediterranean Basin, but it is familiar in other places where it was introduced and has become a noxious weed, such as in parts of North America and southern Australia with similar climates.
