ἀκανθολόγος
From LSJ
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
English (LSJ)
ον,
A gathering thorns, nickname of quibblers (cf. ἄκανθα 7), AP11.20 (Antip. Thess.), 347 (Phil.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκανθολόγος: -ον, ὁ συνάγων, συλλέγων ἀκάνθας, σκωπτικὸν ἐπώνυμον τῶν σμικρολόγων συζητητῶν, Ἀνθ. Π. 11. 20 καὶ 347· πρβλ. ἄκανθα, Ι. 4.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ος, ον :
qui recherche des arguties (litt. des épines).
Étymologie: ἄκανθα, λέγω².
