κάνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάννα (kánna, “cane”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾰ́νης • (kắnēs) m (genitive κᾰ́νητος); third declension

  1. mat made of reeds
    Synonyms: σάμαξ (sámax), ψίαθος (psíathos)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κᾰ́νης; τοῦ κᾰ́νητος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κᾰ́νης
ho kắnēs 		τὼ κᾰ́νητε
tṑ kắnēte 		οἱ κᾰ́νητες
hoi kắnētes
Genitive τοῦ κᾰ́νητος
toû kắnētos 		τοῖν κᾰνήτοιν
toîn kănḗtoin 		τῶν κᾰνήτων
tôn kănḗtōn
Dative τῷ κᾰ́νητῐ
tōî kắnētĭ 		τοῖν κᾰνήτοιν
toîn kănḗtoin 		τοῖς κᾰ́νησῐ / κᾰ́νησῐν
toîs kắnēsĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν κᾰ́νητᾰ
tòn kắnētă 		τὼ κᾰ́νητε
tṑ kắnēte 		τοὺς κᾰ́νητᾰς
toùs kắnētăs
Vocative κᾰ́νης
kắnēs 		κᾰ́νητε
kắnēte 		κᾰ́νητες
kắnētes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Derived terms

  • κανήτιον (kanḗtion)
  • κανητοποιός (kanētopoiós)

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.