different between acanthas vs acanthus

English

Noun

acanthas

1. plural of acantha

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)

1. 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

2. (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

1. A plant known as bear's-foot (Helleborus foetidus).
2. 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