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 - ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (since 2011) Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch) University of Chicago.