noun
ăcălanthis
Meaning
- a very small bird of a darkgreen color
ăcălanthis, ĭdis, f., = ἀκαλανθίς, i. q. acanthis,
I. a very small bird of a darkgreen color; according to Voss, the thistlefinch, goldfinch, Verg. G. 3, 338.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
acalanthis idis, f
, a small bird, the gold-finch, thistle-finch, V.