crown of thorns

English

Etymology

Calque of Latin spinea corona, itself a calque of Hellenistic Ancient Greek ἀκάνθινος στέφανος (akánthinos stéphanos).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹaʊn əv ˈθɔːnz/

Noun

crown of thorns (plural crowns of thorns)

1. (Christianity) The crown made of a thorny plant that Christ was forced to wear before his Crucifixion, in mocking reference to his alleged status as ‘king of the Jews’, or a representation of this. [from 10th c.]
2. A spiny Mediterranean tree, Ziziphus spina-christi. [from 19th c.]
3. A spiny spurge, Euphorbia milii, native to Madagascar. [from 19th c.]
4. The plant Koeberlinia spinosa.
5. A large starfish with venemous spines, Acanthaster planci. [from 20th c.]
6. A woodworking technique, used in tramp art, in which interlocking pieces are notched to intersect at right angles and form joints and self-supporting objects.

Translations

crown made of a thorny plant that Christ was forced to wear

• Aghwan: 𐕢𐕒𐕡𐕚𐔰𐕄 𐕠𐔰𐕠𐕘𐕒𐕇𐕒𐕠 (pusaḳ cacġox̣oc)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 荊棘王冠／荆棘王冠 (jīngjí wángguān), 荊棘冠／荆棘冠 (jīngjíguān), 茨冠 (cíguān)

• Dutch: doornenkroon (nl) f
• German: Dornenkrone (de) f
• Hungarian: töviskoszorú (hu)
• Irish: Coróin Spíne f
• Italian: corona di spine f
• Latin: spinea corona f
• Old English: þyrnen bēag m
• Polish: korona cierniowa (pl) f
• Swedish: törnekrona (sv) c
• Tagalog: koronang tinik

spiny spurge Euphorbia milii

• Japanese: 花麒麟 (hanakirin)

starfish

• Afrikaans: doringkroonseester
• Arabic: نجم البحر المكلل بالشوك
• Bulgarian: трънен венец (trǎnen venec)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棘冠海星, 魔鬼海星

• Czech: hvězdice trnová koruna
• Dutch: doornenkroon (nl)
• Finnish: piikkikruunu (fi)
• French: acanthaster pourpre, couronne du Christ, couronne d’épines (fr), coussin de belle-mère (fr)
• German: Dornenkronenseestern
• Hebrew: כיפת-קוצים קטלנית
• Hungarian: töviskoronás tengericsillag
• Italian: stella corona di spine f
• Japanese: 鬼海星 (onihitode)
• Korean: 악마불가사리 (angmabulgasari)
• Lithuanian: dygliuotoji jūrų žvaigždė
• Malayalam: ക്രൗൺ ഓഫ് തോൺസ് (krauṇ ōphŭ tōṇsŭ)
• Persian: ستاره دریایی تاج‌تیغی
• Polish: korona cierniowa (pl)
• Portuguese: coroa-de-espinhos
• Russian: терновый венец (ternovyj venec), акантастер (akantaster)
• Serbo-Croatian: бодљикава морска звезда
• Slovene: Bodičasta morska zvezda, trnasta morska zvezda
• Spanish: corona de espinas f, acantáster púrpura
• Swedish: törnekrona (sv)
• Thai: ดาวมงกุฎหนาม
• Ukrainian: терновий вінок (ternovyj vinok), акантастер (akantaster)
• Vietnamese: sao biển gai

Further reading

• crown of thorns on Wikipedia.Wikipedia