acanthis
Latin > English
acanthis acanthidis N F :: small song-bird (thistle/gold finch L+S); groundsel (plant Senecio vulgaris)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ăcanthis: ĭdis, f., = ἀκανθίς.
I A little bird of a dark-green color, that lives in the thorn bushes, the thistle-finch or goldfinch (pure Lat. carduelis): Fringilla carduelis, Linn.; Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 175; 10, 74, 95, § 205.—
II A plant, called also senecio, groundsel, Plin. 25, 13, 106, § 168.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) acanthis, ĭdis, f.
1 c. acalanthis : Plin. 10, 175
2 [plante], seneçon : Plin. 25, 167.
Latin > German (Georges)
acanthis, idis, Akk. ida, f. (ἀκανθίς), I) ein Vogel, der sich im Dorngesträuch aufhält, der Distelfink, Stieglitz, Goldfink (Fringilla Carduelis, L.), Plin. 10, 175 u. 205. Calp. 6, 7: auch acalanthis gen., Verg. ge. 3, 338. – II) (= senecio) die Pflanze Kreuzwurz, Plin. 25, 168 (wo griech. Akk. -ida).
