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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

  • ἐξ οὗ γὰρ ἀμφὶ τήνδε Τρωικὴν χθόνα Φοῖβόσ τε κἀγὼ λαί̈νουσ πύργουσ πέριξ ὀρθοῖσιν ἔθεμεν κανόσιν, οὔποτ’ ἐκ φρενῶν εὔνοι’ ἀπέστη τῶν ἐμῶν Φρυγῶν πόλει· (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode 1:2)
  • ὅστισ δέ μ’ εἶναί φησι μῶρον, εἰ λαβὼν νέαν ἐσ οἴκουσ παρθένον μὴ θιγγάνω, γνώμησ πονηροῖσ κανόσιν ἀναμετρούμενοσ τὸ σῶφρον ἴστω καὐτὸσ αὖ τοιοῦτοσ ὤν. (Euripides, episode 4:1)
  • αἶγασ, ὅταν ἀνάσχῃ μεθ’ ἡλίου τὸ ἄστρον ἀτρεκῶσ, ἐκεῖ στρεφομένασ ἀποβλέπειν πρὸσ τὴν ἀνατολὴν καὶ τεκμήριον τοῦτο τῆσ περιόδου βεβαιότατον εἶναι καὶ μάλιστα τοῖσ μαθηματικοῖσ κανόσιν ὁμολογούμενον. (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 21 5:1)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ λόγον ἔνδοξον οὕτω καὶ τοσούτουσ μάρτυρασ ἔχοντα, καὶ, ὃ μεῖζόν ἐστι, πρέποντα τῷ Σόλωνοσ ἤθει καὶ τῆσ ἐκείνου μεγαλοφροσύνησ καὶ σοφίασ ἄξιον, οὔ μοι δοκῶ προήσεσθαι χρονικοῖσ τισι λεγομένοισ κανόσιν, οὓσ μυρίοι διορθοῦντεσ ἄχρι σήμερον εἰσ οὐδὲν αὑτοῖσ ὁμολογούμενον δύνανται καταστῆσαι τὰσ ἀντιλογίασ. (Plutarch, , chapter 27 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. model

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