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Acanthus (pl.: acanthus, rarely acanthuses in English, or acanthi in Latin), its feminine form acantha (plural: acanthae), the Latinised form of the ancient Greek word acanthos or akanthos, or the prefix acantho-, may refer to:
Acanthus leaves were the aesthetic basis for capitals in the Corinthian order of architecture; Several species, especially A. balcanicus, A. spinosus and A. mollis, are grown as ornamental plants. Acanthus leaves also have many medicinal uses.
It is helpful to be able to understand the source of scientific names. Although the Latin names do not always correspond to the current English common names, they are often related, and if their meanings are understood, they are easier to recall. The binomial name often reflects limited knowledge or hearsay about a species at the time it was named.
Acanthus mollis, commonly known as bear's breeches, sea dock, [2] bear's foot plant, sea holly, gator plant or oyster plant, [3] is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae and is native to the Mediterranean region.
Acanthus mollis on the ruins of the Palatine Hill, Rome. Acantha (Ancient Greek: Ἀκάνθα, romanized: Akántha, lit. 'thorn' [1]) is often claimed to be a minor character in Greek mythology whose metamorphosis was the origin of the Acanthus plant. [2] Acantha's myth however does not appear in any classical source. [3]
Curling acanthus-type leaves occur frequently in the borders and ornamented initial letters of illuminated manuscripts, and are commonly found in combination with palmettes in woven silk textiles. In the Renaissance classical models were followed closely, and the acanthus becomes recognisable again in large-scale architectural examples. The ...
Latin: = derived from Latin (otherwise Greek, except as noted) Ba = listed in Ross Bayton's The Gardener's Botanical [5] Bu = listed in Lotte Burkhardt's Index of Eponymic Plant Names [6] CS = listed in both Allen Coombes's The A to Z of Plant Names [7] and Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners G = listed in David Gledhill's The ...
As the traditional pronunciation of Latin has evolved alongside English since the Middle Ages, the page detailing English's phonological evolution from Middle English (in this case, from the Middle-English-Latin pronunciation roughly midway through the 1400-1600 section) can give a better idea of what exactly has happened, and this is just an ...