thorny
ἑτέρως ἠδύνατο βέλτιον ἢ ὡς νῦν ἔχει κατεσκευάσθαι → otherwise they could have been constructed better than they are now (Galen, On the use of parts of the body 4.143.1 Kühn)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
Translations
Arabic: شَائِك; Armenian: փշոտ; Assamese: কাঁইটীয়া; Bikol Central: matunok; Bulgarian: бодлив, трънлив; Cherokee: ᏧᏣᏲᏍᏗ; Chinese Esperanto: dorna; Finnish: piikikäs, okainen; French: épineux; German: dornig; Greek: αγκαθερός; Ancient Greek: ἀκάνθινος, ἀκανθώδης; Hebrew: קֹוצָנִי; Icelandic: þyrnóttur; Irish: deilgneach, spíonach; Italian: spinoso; Latin: spinifer, spinosus; Latvian: ērkšķains; Macedonian: трнлив, боцкав; Maori: pūtaratara, kōtaratara; Old English: þorniġ; Polish: ciernisty, kolczasty; Portuguese: espinhento, espinhoso; Russian: колючий, тернистый; Scottish Gaelic: droighneach, deilgneach; Spanish: espinoso, espinudo; Tagalog: matinik; Welsh: dreiniog, pigog