κάναβος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κάνναβος (kánnabos), κίνναβος (kínnabos)

Etymology

The formation is similar to κάκκαβος (kákkabos), κόλλαβος (kóllabos) and σίττυβος (síttubos). Perhaps from κάννα (kánna, “reed”), if properly a reed frame. However, given the variation "ν/νν", the word would be Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.na.bos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.bos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.βos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.vos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.vos/

Noun

κάναβος • (kánabos) m (genitive κανάβου); second declension

wooden framework round which artists moulded wax or clay, block figure
mannequin or rough drawing of the human frame
lean person, skeleton, bag of bones

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κάναβος; τοῦ κανάβου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κάναβος ho kánabos	τὼ κανάβω tṑ kanábō	οἱ κάναβοι hoi kánaboi
Genitive	τοῦ κανάβου toû kanábou	τοῖν κανάβοιν toîn kanáboin	τῶν κανάβων tôn kanábōn
Dative	τῷ κανάβῳ tôi kanábōi	τοῖν κανάβοιν toîn kanáboin	τοῖς κανάβοις toîs kanábois
Accusative	τὸν κάναβον tòn kánabon	τὼ κανάβω tṑ kanábō	τοὺς κανάβους toùs kanábous
Vocative	κάναβε kánabe	κανάβω kanábō	κάναβοι kánaboi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κανάβευμα (kanábeuma)
κανάβινος (kanábinos)
καναβιουργός (kanabiourgós)

Descendants

Greek: κάναβος (kánavos)

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