Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

καννάβινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καννάβινος καννάβινη καννάβινον

Structure: κανναβιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from ka/nnabis

Sense

  1. hempen, of hemp, like it

Examples

  • κεῖται δ’ ἢ Τιτυῷ ἐναλίγκιοσ, ἢ πάλι κάμπῃ, ἁπλώσασ κατὰ γῆσ σῶμα τὸ καννάβινον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1072)
  • ἐχθὲσ δειπνήσασ τράγεον πόδα, καὶ δεκαταῖον κανναβίνησ κράμβησ μήλινον ἀσπάραγον, εἰπεῖν τὸν καλέσαντα φυλάσσομαι· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 3251)

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

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