κάννα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾰ́ννη (kắnnē) — Ionic

Etymology

Borrowed from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”), whence also Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀜𐀛𐀠 (ko-no-ni-pi /⁠konōni-pʰi⁠/). There are indications, according to Beekes, it may have come through a Pre-Greek source, perhaps Anatolian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kán.naː/ → /ˈkan.na/ → /ˈka.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kán.naː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na/

Noun

κᾰ́ννᾱ • (kắnnā) f (genitive κᾰ́ννης); first declension

1. giant reed (Arundo donax)
2. reed mat

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰ́ννᾱ; τῆς κᾰ́ννης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰ́ννᾱ hē kắnnā	τὼ κᾰ́ννᾱ tṑ kắnnā	αἱ κᾰ́νναι hai kắnnai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰ́ννης tês kắnnēs	τοῖν κᾰ́νναιν toîn kắnnain	τῶν κᾰννῶν tôn kănnôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰ́ννῃ têi kắnnēi	τοῖν κᾰ́νναιν toîn kắnnain	ταῖς κᾰ́νναις taîs kắnnais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰ́ννᾱν tḕn kắnnān	τὼ κᾰ́ννᾱ tṑ kắnnā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́ννᾱς tā̀s kắnnās
Vocative	κᾰ́ννᾱ kắnnā	κᾰ́ννᾱ kắnnā	κᾰ́νναι kắnnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κάννη (kánni)
• → Latin: canna (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Latin: *cannālis, canālis (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “κάννα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κάννα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κάννα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κάννα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften