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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

  • ὡσ σὴσ ἐκτρώγων καὶ βαδίζων ἐπὶ κανόνοσ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σκοπιᾶσ. οὐαὶ οὐαί, αἱ ἐκδικήσεισ σου ἥκασι, νῦν ἔσονται κλαυθμοὶ αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Michaeae 7:4)
  • ἐφ’ ἑνόσ τε κανόνοσ ἦσαν ὕπτιοι δύο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 80 3:3)
  • ὀρθῶσαι τὸν κυρτὸν ὑποσχόμενοσ Διόδωρον Σωκλῆσ τετραπέδουσ τρεῖσ ἐπέθηκε λίθουσ τοῦ κυρτοῦ στιβαροὺσ ἐπὶ τὴν ῥάχιν ἀλλὰ πιεσθεὶσ τέθνηκεν, γέγονεν δ’ ὀρθότεροσ κανόνοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1201)
  • Δαμαγόραν καὶ λοιμὸν ἰσόψηφόν τισ ἀκούσασ ἔστησ1’ ἀμφοτέρων τὸν τρόπον ἐκ κανόνοσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 3341)
  • ἅπτεται γὰρ τοῦ κανόνοσ οὐ κατὰ στιγμὴν ὁ κύκλοσ ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ Πρωταγόρασ ἔλεγεν ἐλέγχων τοὺσ γεωμέτρασ, οὔθ’ αἱ κινήσεισ καὶ ἕλικεσ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὅμοιαι περὶ ὧν ἡ ἀστρολογία ποιεῖται τοὺσ λόγουσ, οὔτε τὰ σημεῖα τοῖσ ἄστροισ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει φύσιν. (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 3 62:2)

Synonyms

  1. model

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