ἀκάνθ-ινος, η, ον,
of thorns, στέφανος[[ NT.Mark.15.17, LXX.Josh.19.5. ] LXX+NT]
__2 metaphorically, thorny, ἐν ἀ. ἀταρποῖς[[ “Anacreontea” 53.12. ] Refs]
__II of shittah-wood, ἱστός[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.96; ξύλα “PLond.” 3.1177.191 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἀ. cloths made of ἀκάνθιον[[ 2, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.5.10. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2 ἀ. πάππος thistle-down, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.81.] Refs 1st c.AD+]