00173: 173. ἄκανθα [ἀκή I] 1. a thorn, prickle, Theocr., etc.
2. a prickly plant, thistle; in pl. thistledown, Od.:—also a kind of acacia, Hdt.
3. the backbone or spine of animals, id=Hdt., etc.
4. metaph., ἄκανθαι, thorny questions, Luc.
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