ἀκανθόχοιρος
See also: ακανθόχοιρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Compound from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “acanthus, a prickly plant”) + χοῖρος (khoîros, “pig”). Displaced ὕστριξ (hústrix, “porcupine, bristles, torture instrument”). Secondary sense of hedgehog displaced ἐχῖνος (ekhînos, “hedgehog, etc.”).
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Noun
ἀκανθόχοιρος • (akanthókhoiros) m (genitive ἀκανθόχοιρου); second declension (Koine)
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Descendants
- → Greek: ακανθόχοιρος (akanthóchoiros) (learned)
Further reading
- “ἀκανθόχοιρος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
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