κάναστρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Apparently from κάννα (kánna, “reed”) +‎ -τρον (-tron)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.nas.tron/ → /ˈka.nas.tron/ → /ˈka.nas.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.nas.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.nas.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.nas.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.nas.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.nas.tron/

Noun

κᾰ́νᾰστρον • (kắnăstron) n (genitive κᾰνᾰ́στρου); second declension

1. wicker basket

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κᾰ́νᾰστρον; τοῦ κᾰνᾰ́στρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κᾰ́νᾰστρον tò kắnăstron	τὼ κᾰνᾰ́στρω tṑ kănắstrō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́νᾰστρᾰ tằ kắnăstră
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰνᾰ́στρου toû kănắstrou	τοῖν κᾰνᾰ́στροιν toîn kănắstroin	τῶν κᾰνᾰ́στρων tôn kănắstrōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰνᾰ́στρῳ tôi kănắstrōi	τοῖν κᾰνᾰ́στροιν toîn kănắstroin	τοῖς κᾰνᾰ́στροις toîs kănắstrois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰ́νᾰστρον tò kắnăstron	τὼ κᾰνᾰ́στρω tṑ kănắstrō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́νᾰστρᾰ tằ kắnăstră
Vocative	κᾰ́νᾰστρον kắnăstron	κᾰνᾰ́στρω kănắstrō	κᾰ́νᾰστρᾰ kắnăstră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• κᾰ́νεον (kắneon)

Descendants

• Greek: κάνιστρο (kánistro)
• → Latin: canistrum, cānastrum, canistrī m (in the plural) (see there for further descendants)

References

• “κάναστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κάναστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κάναστρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette