thorny

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Μιμοῦ τὰ σεμνά, μὴ κακῶν μιμοῦ τρόπους → Graves imitatormores, ne imitator malos → Das Edle nimm zum Vorbild, nicht der Schlechten Art

Menander, Monostichoi, 336

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adjective

P. ἀκανθώδης (Aristotle).

Met., Ar. and P. χαλεπός.

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