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κανών

Third declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κανών κανόνος

Structure: κανων (Stem)

Etym.: ka/nna

Sense

  1. rod, pole, bar
  2. rods used in shields
  3. type of rod used in weaving
  4. measuring rod, carpenter's rule, plumb line, level
  5. (music) monochord
  6. something to judge by, rule, norm, general principle
  7. model, paradigm
  8. tax assessment, tax, tariff

Declension

Third 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

  • καί μοι δοκῶ συνεργῶν καὶ αὐτὸσ δεήσεσθαι πρὸσ τὴν εἰκόνα, οὐ πλαστῶν οὐδὲ γραφέων μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ φιλοσόφων, ὡσ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἐκείνων κανόνασ ἀπευθῦναι τὸ ἄγαλμα καὶ δεῖξαι κατὰ τὴν ἀρχαίαν πλαστικὴν κατεσκευασμένον. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 12:4)
  • "οὐδὲν γὰρ ἂν ἔλαττον γένοιτο, ἐπεὶ καὶ τοὺσ τέκτονασ πολλάκισ ἑωρακέναι μοι δοκῶ θατέρῳ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ἄμεινον πρὸσ τοὺσ κανόνασ ἀπευθύνοντασ τὰ ξύλα. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 14:16)
  • φέρ’ οὖν, εἰ δοκεῖ, πρόσαγε τοῖσ ὑπ’ ἐμοῦ εἰρημένοισ τοὺσ κανόνασ ἀμφοτέρουσ, ὡσ μάθῃσ εἴτε τούτῳ εἴτ’ ἐκείνῳ ἐοίκασιν. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 22:1)
  • κἀπειδὴ μόνον παρέκυψα εἰσ τὰ ὑμέτερα, σὲ μέν, ὥσπερ ἀναγκαῖον ἦν, καὶ τούσδε ἅπαντασ ἐθαύμαζον ἀρίστου βίου νομοθέτασ ὄντασ καὶ τοῖσ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἐπειγομένοισ χεῖρα ὀρέγοντασ, τὰ κάλλιστα καὶ συμφορώτατα παραινοῦντασ, εἴ τισ μὴ παραβαίνοι αὐτὰ μηδὲ διολισθάνοι, ἀλλ’ ἀτενὲσ ἀποβλέπων εἰσ τοὺσ κανόνασ οὓσ προτεθείκατε, πρὸσ τούτουσ ῥυθμίζοι καὶ ἀπευθύνοι τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον, ὅπερ νὴ Δία καὶ τῶν καθ’ ὑμᾶσ αὐτοὺσ ὀλίγοι ποιοῦσιν. (Lucian, Piscator, (no name) 30:1)
  • καὶ κανόνασ ἐξοίσουσι καὶ πήχεισ ἐπῶν καὶ πλαίσια ξύμπτυκτα ‐ πλινθεύσουσι γάρ; (Aristophanes, Frogs, Episode 1:10)

Synonyms

  1. model

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