"ἄκανθα" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /á.kan.tʰa/, /ˈa.kan.θa/, /ˈa.kan.θa/, /á.kan.tʰa/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈa.kan.tʰa/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈa.kan.θa/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈa.kan.θa/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈa.kan.θa/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Presumably from ἀκή (akḗ, “thorn”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”). Probably not related to Sanskrit कण्टक (káṇṭaka, “thorn, thornbush; prick, needle”). Etymology templates: {{compound|grc|ἀκή|ἄνθος|t1=thorn|t2=flower}} ἀκή (akḗ, “thorn”) + ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower”), {{cog|sa|कण्टक|t=thorn, thornbush; prick, needle|tr=káṇṭaka}} Sanskrit कण्टक (káṇṭaka, “thorn, thornbush; prick, needle”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ|ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθης|f|first}} ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ • (ákantha) f (genitive ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ|ης}} Forms: ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ [canonical], ákantha [romanization], ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ [nominative, singular], τὼ ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ ᾰ̓́κᾰνθαι [nominative, plural], τῆς ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθης [genitive, singular], τοῖν ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθαιν [dual, genitive], τῶν ᾰ̓κᾰνθῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθῃ [dative, singular], τοῖν ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθαις [dative, plural], τὴν ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰν [accusative, singular], τὼ ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθᾱς [accusative, plural], ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ [singular, vocative], ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθᾱ [dual, vocative], ᾰ̓́κᾰνθαι [plural, vocative]
  1. thorny plant
    Sense id: en-ἄκανθα-grc-noun-ihIjdGZb
  2. thorny plant
    (Egypt) specifically Vachellia nilotica (phono-semantic matching of Coptic ϣⲟⲛϯ (šonti))
    Tags: Egypt Categories (lifeform): Legumes
    Sense id: en-ἄκανθα-grc-noun-3UWgExVK Categories (other): Egyptian Ancient Greek, Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 7 77 8 7 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 9 70 11 10 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 8 73 10 9
  3. thorn, spine, prickle
    Sense id: en-ἄκανθα-grc-noun-w-lhWUQJ
  4. (figuratively) thorny issue; something difficult or painful. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-ἄκανθα-grc-noun-tNHHpH9x
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἀκανθέα (akanthéa), ἀκανθίς (akanthís), ἀκανθοφόρος (akanthophóros), ἀκᾰνθοφᾰ́γος (akanthophágos), ἀκᾰ́νθῐνος (akánthinos), ἀκᾰ́νθῐον (akánthion), ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς (akanthíās), λευκάκανθα (leukákantha), ὀξυάκανθα (oxuákantha), πυξάκανθα (puxákantha), τραγάκανθα (tragákantha)

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      "word": "ἀκανθίς"
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      "word": "ἀκᾰνθοφᾰ́γος"
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      "word": "ἀκᾰ́νθῐνος"
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      "word": "ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς"
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "άκανθα",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: άκανθα (ákantha)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: άκανθα (ákantha)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "أَقَنْثَا",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: أَقَنْثَا (ʔaqanṯā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: أَقَنْثَا (ʔaqanṯā)"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "NL.",
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ New Latin: acantha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ New Latin: acantha"
    },
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      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "acantha",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: acantha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: acantha"
    }
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      "form": "ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ",
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      "form": "ákantha",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθης",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "grc-decl",
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      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "ἡ ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ",
      "roman": "hē ákantha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τὼ ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ akánthā",
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ᾰ̓́κᾰνθαι",
      "roman": "hai ákanthai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθης",
      "roman": "tês akánthēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθαιν",
      "roman": "toîn akánthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ᾰ̓κᾰνθῶν",
      "roman": "tôn akanthôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθῃ",
      "roman": "têi akánthēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθαιν",
      "roman": "toîn akánthain",
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      "tags": [
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        "dual"
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    {
      "form": "ταῖς ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθαις",
      "roman": "taîs akánthais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn ákanthan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "τὼ ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ akánthā",
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        "dual"
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    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s akánthās",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ",
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      "form": "ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθᾱ",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
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      "form": "ᾰ̓́κᾰνθαι",
      "roman": "ákanthai",
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        "vocative"
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        "1": "ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ",
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "thorny plant"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἄκανθα-grc-noun-ihIjdGZb",
      "links": [
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          "thorny"
        ]
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    },
    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Egyptian Ancient Greek",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Legumes",
          "orig": "grc:Legumes",
          "parents": [
            "Fabales order plants",
            "Shrubs",
            "Trees",
            "Plants",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
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          "_dis": "7 77 8 7",
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          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
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          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "8 73 10 9",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
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            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thorny plant",
        "specifically Vachellia nilotica (phono-semantic matching of Coptic ϣⲟⲛϯ (šonti))"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἄκανθα-grc-noun-3UWgExVK",
      "links": [
        [
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          "thorny"
        ],
        [
          "Vachellia nilotica",
          "Vachellia nilotica#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "ϣⲟⲛϯ",
          "ϣⲟⲛϯ#Coptic"
        ]
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        "(Egypt) specifically Vachellia nilotica (phono-semantic matching of Coptic ϣⲟⲛϯ (šonti))"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Egypt"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "thorn, spine, prickle"
      ],
      "id": "en-ἄκανθα-grc-noun-w-lhWUQJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "thorn",
          "thorn"
        ],
        [
          "spine",
          "spine"
        ],
        [
          "prickle",
          "prickle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thorny issue; something difficult or painful."
      ],
      "id": "en-ἄκανθα-grc-noun-tNHHpH9x",
      "links": [
        [
          "thorny",
          "thorny"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "painful",
          "painful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) thorny issue; something difficult or painful."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/á.kan.tʰa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kan.θa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kan.θa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/á.kan.tʰa/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kan.tʰa/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kan.θa/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kan.θa/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kan.θa/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἄκανθα"
}
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    "Ancient Greek compound terms",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "akanthéa",
      "word": "ἀκανθέα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "akanthís",
      "word": "ἀκανθίς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "akanthophóros",
      "word": "ἀκανθοφόρος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "akanthophágos",
      "word": "ἀκᾰνθοφᾰ́γος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "akánthinos",
      "word": "ἀκᾰ́νθῐνος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "akánthion",
      "word": "ἀκᾰ́νθῐον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "akanthíās",
      "word": "ἀκᾰνθῐ́ᾱς"
    },
    {
      "roman": "leukákantha",
      "word": "λευκάκανθα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "oxuákantha",
      "word": "ὀξυάκανθα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "puxákantha",
      "word": "πυξάκανθα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tragákantha",
      "word": "τραγάκανθα"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "άκανθα",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Greek: άκανθα (ákantha)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Greek: άκανθα (ákantha)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ar",
            "2": "أَقَنْثَا",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Arabic: أَقَنْثَا (ʔaqanṯā)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Arabic: أَقَنْثَا (ʔaqanṯā)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "NL.",
            "2": "acantha",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ New Latin: acantha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ New Latin: acantha"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "acantha",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: acantha",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: acantha"
    }
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ákantha",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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      "form": "ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ",
      "roman": "hē ákantha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ akánthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ᾰ̓́κᾰνθαι",
      "roman": "hai ákanthai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθης",
      "roman": "tês akánthēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθαιν",
      "roman": "toîn akánthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν ᾰ̓κᾰνθῶν",
      "roman": "tôn akanthôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθῃ",
      "roman": "têi akánthēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθαιν",
      "roman": "toîn akánthain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθαις",
      "roman": "taîs akánthais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰν",
      "roman": "tḕn ákanthan",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ akánthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s akánthās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ",
      "roman": "ákantha",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθᾱ",
      "roman": "akánthā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓́κᾰνθαι",
      "roman": "ákanthai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ",
        "2": "ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθης",
        "3": "f",
        "4": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ • (ákantha) f (genitive ᾰ̓κᾰ́νθης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ",
        "2": "ης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thorny plant"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thorny",
          "thorny"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek phono-semantic matchings from Coptic",
        "Ancient Greek terms derived from Coptic",
        "Egyptian Ancient Greek",
        "grc:Legumes"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "thorny plant",
        "specifically Vachellia nilotica (phono-semantic matching of Coptic ϣⲟⲛϯ (šonti))"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thorny",
          "thorny"
        ],
        [
          "Vachellia nilotica",
          "Vachellia nilotica#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "ϣⲟⲛϯ",
          "ϣⲟⲛϯ#Coptic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "thorny plant",
        "(Egypt) specifically Vachellia nilotica (phono-semantic matching of Coptic ϣⲟⲛϯ (šonti))"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Egypt"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thorn, spine, prickle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thorn",
          "thorn"
        ],
        [
          "spine",
          "spine"
        ],
        [
          "prickle",
          "prickle"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "thorny issue; something difficult or painful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thorny",
          "thorny"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "painful",
          "painful"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) thorny issue; something difficult or painful."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/á.kan.tʰa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kan.θa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kan.θa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/á.kan.tʰa/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kan.tʰa/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kan.θa/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kan.θa/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈa.kan.θa/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἄκανθα"
}

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