κάνεον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κάνειον (káneion) — Epic
  • κανοῦν (kanoûn) — Attic, contracted

Etymology

From κάννα (kánna, “reed”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κᾰ́νεον • (káneon) n (genitive κᾰνέου); second declension

  1. basket of reed or cane, especially a breadbasket
  2. basket used for the sacred barley at sacrifices
  3. vessel of basket shape, carried in processions as a votive offering

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κᾰ́νεον; τοῦ κᾰνέου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κᾰ́νεον
tò káneon		 τὼ κᾰνέω
tṑ kanéō		 τᾰ̀ κᾰ́νεᾰ
tà kánea
Genitive τοῦ κᾰνέου
toû kanéou		 τοῖν κᾰνέοιν
toîn kanéoin		 τῶν κᾰνέων
tôn kanéōn
Dative τῷ κᾰνέῳ
tôi kanéōi		 τοῖν κᾰνέοιν
toîn kanéoin		 τοῖς κᾰνέοις
toîs kanéois
Accusative τὸ κᾰ́νεον
tò káneon		 τὼ κᾰνέω
tṑ kanéō		 τᾰ̀ κᾰ́νεᾰ
tà kánea
Vocative κᾰ́νεον
káneon		 κᾰνέω
kanéō		 κᾰ́νεᾰ
kánea
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Second declension of κᾰ́νεον; κᾰνέου (Epic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κᾰ́νεον
káneon		 κᾰνέω
kanéō		 κᾰ́νεᾰ
kánea
Genitive κᾰνέου / κᾰνεοῖο / κᾰνέοιο / κᾰνεόο / κᾰνέοο
kanéou / kaneoîo / kanéoio / kaneóo / kanéoo		 κᾰνέοιῐν
kanéoiin		 κᾰνέων
kanéōn
Dative κᾰνέῳ
kanéōi		 κᾰνέοιῐν
kanéoiin		 κᾰνέοισῐ / κᾰνέοισῐν / κᾰνέοις
kanéoisi(n) / kanéois
Accusative κᾰ́νεον
káneon		 κᾰνέω
kanéō		 κᾰ́νεᾰ
kánea
Vocative κᾰ́νεον
káneon		 κᾰνέω
kanéō		 κᾰ́νεᾰ
kánea
Notes:
  • Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading
  • “κάνεον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “κάνεον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “κάνεον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κάνεον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κάνεον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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