κανθίαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, a derivation without -λ- from the same Pre-Greek root of κανθήλια (kanthḗlia, “panniers”).

Pronunciation

(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kanˈtʰi.ɛ/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kanˈθi.ɛ/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kanˈθi.e/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kanˈθi.e/

Noun

κανθίαι • (kanthíai)

Hesychius gives the definition as: σπυρίδες (spurídes, “large baskets, creels”).

Further reading

“κανθίαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κανθήλια”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 635
Hesychius' Lexicon: κ