canaba
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
A vulgar term acquired in the Imperial era. Compared to Ancient Greek κάναβος (kánabos) and καλύβη (kalúbē) with indecision, for the senses do not match. The same meanings are found in Aramaic חָנוּתָא / ܚܳܢܽܘܬܴܐ (ḥānūṯā).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.na.ba/, [ˈkänäbä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.na.ba/, [ˈkäːnäbä]
Noun edit
canaba f (genitive canabae); first declension
- hut, hovel, cottage
- wineshop, groggery, saloon (low-grade)
- settlement of traders/discharged soldiers
- (in the plural) Roman military camp/fort
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | canaba | canabae |
Genitive | canabae | canabārum |
Dative | canabae | canabīs |
Accusative | canabam | canabās |
Ablative | canabā | canabīs |
Vocative | canaba | canabae |
Derived terms edit
- >? cabanna
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “canaba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- canaba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Lagarde, Paul de (1887) Mittheilungen (in German), volume 2, Göttingen: Dieterichsche Sortimentsbuchhandlung, pages 365–366
- Mommsen, Theodor (1873) “Die römischen Lagerstädte”, in Hermes. Zeitschrift für classische Philologie (in German), volume 7, pages 303–308