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κάνναθρον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάνναθρον κάνναθρου

Structure: κανναθρ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: ka/nna

Sense

  1. a cane or wicker carriage

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κάνναθρον καννάθρω κάνναθρα
Genitive καννάθρου καννάθροιν καννάθρων
Dative καννάθρῳ καννάθροιν καννάθροις
Accusative κάνναθρον καννάθρω κάνναθρα
Vocative κάνναθρον καννάθρω κάνναθρα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • κάνναθρα δὲ καλοῦσιν εἴδωλα γρυπῶν ξύλινα καὶ τραγελάφων ἐν οἷσ κομίζουσι τὰσ παῖδασ ἐν ταῖσ πομπαῖσ. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 19 5:1)
  • πειράσθω δὲ θεάσασθαι τὴν ἔνδον κατασκευήν, ἐννοησάτω δὲ ὡσ ἐθοίναζεν ἐν ταῖσ θυσίαισ, ἀκουσάτω δὲ ὡσ ἐπὶ πολιτικοῦ καννάθρου κατῄει εἰσ Ἀμύκλασ <ἡ θυγάτηρ αὐτοῦ>. (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 8 8:3)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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