Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 7:16

Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 7:16 - 7:16

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Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges - Matthew 7:16 - 7:16

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16. ἄκανθα. A thorn tree, a kind of acacia. Athenæus describes it as having a round fruit on small stalks. It would give additional point to the saying if there were a distant but deceptive likeness between grapes and the berries of the ἄκανθα.

τρίβολος. The caltrop, a prickly plant reckoned by Virgil among the farmer’s plagues, Lappœque tribulique interque nitentia culta | infelix lolium et steriles dominantur avenœ. Georg. I. 153.