κάναστρον

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 • (kánastron) 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 kánastron	τὼ κᾰνᾰ́στρω tṑ kanástrō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́νᾰστρᾰ tà kánastra
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰνᾰ́στρου toû kanástrou	τοῖν κᾰνᾰ́στροιν toîn kanástroin	τῶν κᾰνᾰ́στρων tôn kanástrōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰνᾰ́στρῳ tôi kanástrōi	τοῖν κᾰνᾰ́στροιν toîn kanástroin	τοῖς κᾰνᾰ́στροις toîs kanástrois
Accusative	τὸ κᾰ́νᾰστρον tò kánastron	τὼ κᾰνᾰ́στρω tṑ kanástrō	τᾰ̀ κᾰ́νᾰστρᾰ tà kánastra
Vocative	κᾰ́νᾰστρον kánastron	κᾰνᾰ́στρω kanástrō	κᾰ́νᾰστρᾰ kánastra
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• κᾰ́νεον (káneon)

Descendants

• Greek: κάνιστρο (kánistro)
• Latin: canistrum

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