ἀκανθοφάγος

Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)

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Full diacritics: ἀκανθοφάγος	Medium diacritics: ἀκανθοφάγος	Low diacritics: ακανθοφάγος	Capitals: ΑΚΑΝΘΟΦΑΓΟΣ
Transliteration A: akanthophágos	Transliteration B: akanthophagos	Transliteration C: akanthofagos	Beta Code: a)kanqofa/gos

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], ον,

A feeding on thistles, Arist.HA592b30.

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