λευκάκανθα
From LSJ
Ἐρωτώμενος διὰ τί ὀλίγους ἔχει μαθητάς, ἔφη ὅτι ἀργυρέᾳ αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλω ῥάβδῳ → When asked why he had so few pupils, he replied ‘I chase them away with a silver stick (Diogenes Laertius 6.4.5, on the philosopher Antisthenes)
English (LSJ)
[ᾰκ], ἡ,
A white thistle, Tyrimnus leucographus, Thphr. HP6.4.3, Plin.HN21.94 (v. infr.).
2 tuberous thistle, Cnicus tuberosus, Dsc.3.19, Gal.12.58, Plin.HN22.40:—in form λευκ-άκανθος, ἡ, ib.21.94, v.l. in Gal.6.623.
German (Pape)
[Seite 33] ἡ, Weißdorn, Theophr., Diosc.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
λευκάκανθα: ἡ, λευκὴ ἄκανθα, εἶδος ἀκανθώδους φυτοῦ, Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 6. 4, 3.
