Acanthus, A boy which (as Poetes feigne) was transformed into a floure of his name. It is also (as Seruius sayeth) a tree growing in Egypt, hauing alwayes greene leaues. Also a citie in Egypt, nigh vnto Memphis: another of Macedonia, and of Aetholia.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Ăcanthus, i, f., = *)/akanqos, a town of Macedonia, now Erisso, Liv. 31, 45 fin.; Mel. 2, 2, 9; Plin. 4, 10, 17, 38.