cactus
From LSJ
Γαμεῖν δὲ μέλλων βλέψον εἰς τοὺς γείτονας → Quaeris maritus esse? Vicinos vide → Auf deine Nachbarn sieh, wenn du an Hochzeit denkst
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cactus: i, m., = κάκτος,
I a prickly plant with edible stalks, etc., found in Sicily, Spanish artichoke: Cynara cardunculus, Linn.; Plin. 21, 16, 57, § 97.—
II Trop., any thing thorny, unpleasant: eradicato omni cacto et rubo subdolae familiaritatis, Tert. Pall. 2 fin.>
