Difference between revisions of "Acanthus"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_82098" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_82098" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); - used in the capitals of the [[Corinthian]] and Composite orders. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17500" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_17500" /> == | ||
<p> (Lat. from | <p> (Lat. from '''''Ἄκανθος''''' , ''A Thorn),'' a plant the leaves of which are imitated in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_66868" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_66868" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> A leaf-like ornament on the capitals of the columns of certain orders of architecture. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
Latest revision as of 08:40, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (n.) A genus of herbaceous prickly plants, found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India; bear's-breech.
(2): (n.) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); - used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
(Lat. from Ἄκανθος , A Thorn), a plant the leaves of which are imitated in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [3]
A leaf-like ornament on the capitals of the columns of certain orders of architecture.
