ἀκανθ-ώδης,ες,
A. full of thorns, thorny, χῶρος
Hdt. 1.126
; τὸ ῥόδον
Arist. Pr. 907a22
, cf. Thphr. HP 1.5.3 , etc.
2. prickly, γλῶττα
Arist. HA 503a2
;τρίχεςib. 490b28 ; of the vertebrae,spinous, ib. 516b20 : Comp. , ib. 516b22 .
3. metaph.,λόγοι ἀ.thornyarguments, Luc. DMort. 10.8 ; ἀ. βίος
Suid.