ἀσπάλαθος
κατ' ἀρχῆς γὰρ φιλαίτιος λεώς → people are always ready to blame the rulers, people are against authority, people were fond of anything by which they could call authority in question
English (LSJ)
[πᾰ], ὁ, Ar.Fr.749, but more commonly ἡ, as Pherecr. 109 (s. v.l.), Thphr.Od. 33:—name of a
A spinous shrub, yielding a fragrant oil, = ἐρυσίσκηπτρον, camel's thorn, Alhagi maurorum, Thphr.9.7.3, Od.33, Dsc.1.20. 2 thorny trefoil, Calycotome villosa, Thgn.1193 (pl.), Arist.Pr.906b11, Theoc.4.57 (pl.), 24.89. 3 Genista acanthoclada, used as an instrument of torture, ἐπ' ἀσπαλάθων τινὰ κνάμπτειν Pl.R.616a.
German (Pape)
[Seite 373] ὁ, Ar. B. A. 10, wo es ἀκανθῶδες φυτόν erkl. ist; auch ἡ, Pherecrat. bei Ath. XV, 685 b, ein dorniger Strauch, von dem die Rinde der Wurzel zu wohlriechenden Oelen gebraucht wurde, Plat. Rep. X, 616 a; Theocr. 4, 57 u. Sp.
