Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κάνεον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: κάνεον κάνεου

Structure: κανε (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: ka/nna

Sense

  1. a basket of reed or cane, a bread-basket

Declension

Second declension

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

  • εὐνὰ δ’ ἦσ τῷ παιδὶ τετυγμένα ἀγχόθι πατρὸσ δέρμα λεόντειον μάλα οἱ κεχαρισμένον αὐτῷ, δεῖπνον δὲ κρέα τ’ ὀπτὰ καὶ ἐν κανέῳ μέγασ ἄρτοσ Δωρικόσ· (Theocritus, Idylls, 68)
  • τὰν ὀίν, ὦ Δάματερ ἐπόγμιε, τὰν τ’ ἀκέρωτον μόσχον, καὶ τροχιὰν ἐν κανέῳ φθοΐδα, σοὶ ταύτασ ἐφ’ ἅλωοσ, ἐφ’ ᾇ πολὺν ἔβρασεν ἄντλον Κρήθων καὶ λιπαρὰν εἶδε γεωμορίαν, ἱρεύει, πολύσωρε· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2581)
  • χέρνιβα δέ σφ’ Ἄρητοσ ἐν ἀνθεμόεντι λέβητι ἤλυθεν ἐκ θαλάμοιο φέρων, ἑτέρῃ δ’ ἔχεν οὐλὰσ ἐν κανέῳ πέλεκυν δὲ μενεπτόλεμοσ Θρασυμήδησ ὀξὺν ἔχων ἐν χειρὶ παρίστατο βοῦν ἐπικόψων. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 3 42:7)
  • ἡ δ’ ὑδρηναμένη, καθαρὰ χροὶ̈ εἵμαθ’ ἑλοῦσα εἰσ ὑπερῷ’ ἀνέβαινε σὺν ἀμφιπόλοισι γυναιξίν, ἐν δ’ ἔθετ’ οὐλοχύτασ κανέῳ, ἠρᾶτο δ’ Ἀθήνῃ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 4 88:2)

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

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