different between acanthaceous vs acanthus
acanthaceous
English
Etymology
From New Latin Acanthaceae, +? -ous.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?æk.n???e?.??s/, /?æk.æn??e?.??s/
- Rhymes: -e???s
Adjective
acanthaceous (comparative more acanthaceous, superlative most acanthaceous)
- (botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family.[First attested in the mid 18th century.]
- Armed with prickles, as a plant.
Related terms
- acantha
Translations
References
acanthaceous From the web:
- what does acanthaceae mean
acanthus
English
Etymology
From Latin acanthus, from Ancient Greek ??????? (ákanthos), from ??? (ak?, “thorn”) + ????? (ánthos, “flower”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??kæn.??s/
- (US) IPA(key): /??kæn.??s/
- Rhymes: -æn??s
Noun
acanthus (plural acanthuses or acanthi)
- A member of the genus Acanthus of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae, order Lamiales (formerly Scrophulariales)) found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India.[First attested in the mid 16th century.]
- Synonyms: bear's breech, bear's breeches, (rare) bear's-breech
- (architecture) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of Acanthus spinosus, used in the capitals of the Corinthian and composite orders.[First attested in the mid 18th century.]
Translations
See also
- acantha
- Acanthis
References
- acanthus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (ákanthos), from ??? (ak?, “thorn”) + ????? (ánthos, “flower”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a?kan.t?us/, [ä?kän?t???s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a?kan.tus/, [??k?n?t?us]
Noun
acanthus m (genitive acanth?); second declension
- A plant known as bear's-foot (Helleborus foetidus).
- A thorny evergreen tree.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- acanthus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- acanthus in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?[1]
- acanthus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- acanthus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- acanthus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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