ἄκανθα

akantha
Greek · noun
Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2026-10-06
Meanings
Literal translation
spine (of fish)
Categories
animal part
part of constellation

1. spine (of fish)

1.a spine (of fish) animal part, part of constellation

οἱ δὲ ἐν τῷ σώματι καὶ τῇ ἀκάνθῃ τοῦ βορείου Ἰχθύος τῷ τε τοῦ Διὸς καὶ ἠρέμα τῷ τῆς Ἀφροδίτης

‘the stars in the body and in the spine of the northern fish, to the star of Zeus does and somewhat to the star of Aphrodite;’

— Hephaestion 1.3

Genre: astrological treatise Date: 5th century CE

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). ἄκανθα (Lemma #6221). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6221/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). ἄκανθα (Lemma #6221). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6221/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2026). ἄκανθα (Lemma #6221). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6221/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2026) ἄκανθα (Lemma #6221), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6221/ (Accessed: November 5, 2026).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac6221,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-05]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2026},
	title = {ἄκανθα ({Lemma} #6221)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6221/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/6221/},
}