κάνης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κάννα (kánna, “cane”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.nɛːs/ → /ka.nis/ → /ka.nis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.nɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ka.ne̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ka.nis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ka.nis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ka.nis/

Noun

κᾰ́νης • (kánēs) m (genitive κᾰ́νητος); third declension

1. mat made of reeds

   Synonyms: σάμαξ (sámax), ψίαθος (psíathos)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κᾰ́νης; τοῦ κᾰ́νητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κᾰ́νης ho kánēs	τὼ κᾰ́νητε tṑ kánēte	οἱ κᾰ́νητες hoi kánētes
Genitive	τοῦ κᾰ́νητος toû kánētos	τοῖν κᾰνήτοιν toîn kanḗtoin	τῶν κᾰνήτων tôn kanḗtōn
Dative	τῷ κᾰ́νητῐ tôi kánēti	τοῖν κᾰνήτοιν toîn kanḗtoin	τοῖς κᾰ́νησῐ / κᾰ́νησῐν toîs kánēsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κᾰ́νητᾰ tòn kánēta	τὼ κᾰ́νητε tṑ kánēte	τοὺς κᾰ́νητᾰς toùs kánētas
Vocative	κᾰ́νης kánēs	κᾰ́νητε kánēte	κᾰ́νητες kánētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Derived terms

• κανήτιον (kanḗtion)
• κανητοποιός (kanētopoiós)

 

Further reading

• “κάνης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κάνης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κάνης 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