ἀσπάλαθος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">πᾰ], ὁ,</b> <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>749</span>, but more commonly ἡ, as <span class="bibl">Pherecr. 109</span> (s. v.l.), <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Od.</span> 33</span>:—name of a <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[spinous shrub]], yielding a fragrant oil, = [[ἐρυσίσκηπτρον]], <b class="b2">camel's thorn, Alhagi maurorum</b>, Thphr.9.7.3, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Od.</span>33</span>, Dsc.1.20. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[thorny trefoil]], [[Calycotome villosa]], <span class="bibl">Thgn.1193</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>906b11</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.4.57</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">24.89</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[Genista acanthoclada]], used as an instrument of torture, ἐπ' ἀσπαλάθων τινὰ κνάμπτειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>616a</span>.</span>