- (plural: acanthae), the
Latinised form of the
ancient Gr**** word
acanthos or
akanthos, or the
prefix acantho-, may
refer to:
Acanthus (plant), a
genus containing...
- muni****lity, Stagira-
Akanthos. In 2011 the name was
changed to
Aristotelis in
honor of the
Stagirite philosopher, Aristotle. The
Akanthos site and monuments...
- The
Akanthos curse tablet is a double-sided text
written in
Ancient Gr**** that was
discovered at the
necropolis of
Akanthos, a city in
Macedonia located...
- Stagira-
Akanthos (Gr****: Στάγιρα-Άκανθος) is a
former muni****lity in Chalkidiki, Greece.
Since the 2011
local government reform it is part of the muni****lity...
-
Pyracantha (from Gr**** pyr "fire" and
akanthos "thorn",
hence firethorn) is a
genus of large,
thorny evergreen shrubs in the
family Rosaceae, with common...
- from the Gr**** name of the
plant ἄκανθος
ákanthos; it was
imitated in
Corinthian capitals. This ἄκανθος
ákanthos is
related to ἄκανθα ákantha
meaning "thorn"...
- Akte. At
least one
other city was
established in the
classical period:
Akanthos (Acanthus). Some of
these cities minted their own coins.[citation needed]...
-
Xenacanthus (from
Ancient Gr**** ξένος, xénos, 'foreign, alien' + ἄκανθος,
akanthos, 'spine') is a
genus of
prehistoric xenacanths.
Fossils of
various species...
-
family (like cobras). The name of the
genus derives from the
Ancient Gr****
akanthos/ἄκανθος ('spine') and ophis/ὄφις ('snake'),
referring to the
spine on the...
- Hanke,
curator of
vertebrate zoology at the
Royal British Columbia Museum.
Akanthos is
Ancient Gr**** for "prickly", and onus
could either mean "hake, a relative...
