κάναστρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Apparently from κάννα (kánna, “reed”) + -τρον (-tron)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ká.nas.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈka.nas.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈka.nas.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈka.nas.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈka.nas.tron/
Noun
κᾰ́νᾰστρον • (kắnăstron) n (genitive κᾰνᾰ́στρου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κᾰ́νᾰστρον tò kắnăstron |
τὼ κᾰνᾰ́στρω tṑ kănắstrō |
τᾰ̀ κᾰ́νᾰστρᾰ tằ kắnăstră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κᾰνᾰ́στρου toû kănắstrou |
τοῖν κᾰνᾰ́στροιν toîn kănắstroin |
τῶν κᾰνᾰ́στρων tôn kănắstrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κᾰνᾰ́στρῳ tōî kănắstrōi |
τοῖν κᾰνᾰ́στροιν toîn kănắstroin |
τοῖς κᾰνᾰ́στροις toîs kănắstrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κᾰ́νᾰστρον tò kắnăstron |
τὼ κᾰνᾰ́στρω tṑ kănắstrō |
τᾰ̀ κᾰ́νᾰστρᾰ tằ kắnăstră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κᾰ́νᾰστρον kắnăstron |
κᾰνᾰ́στρω kănắstrō |
κᾰ́νᾰστρᾰ kắnăstră | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- κᾰ́νεον (kắneon)
Descendants
- Greek: κάνιστρο (kánistro)
- → Latin: canistrum, cānastrum, canistrī m (in the plural) (see there for further descendants)
References
- “κάναστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κάναστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κάναστρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette