κάννα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾰ́ννη (kánnē) — Ionic

Etymology

Borrowed from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”), whence also Mycenaean Greek 𐀒𐀜𐀛𐀠 (ko-no-ni-pi /⁠konōni-pʰi⁠/). There are indications, according to Beekes, it may have come through a Pre-Greek source, perhaps Anatolian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kán.naː/ → /ˈkan.na/ → /ˈka.na/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kán.naː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na/

Noun

κᾰ́ννᾱ • (kánnā) f (genitive κᾰ́ννης); first declension

1. giant reed (Arundo donax)
2. reed mat

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰ́ννᾱ; τῆς κᾰ́ννης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰ́ννᾱ hē kánnā	τὼ κᾰ́ννᾱ tṑ kánnā	αἱ κᾰ́νναι hai kánnai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰ́ννης tês kánnēs	τοῖν κᾰ́νναιν toîn kánnain	τῶν κᾰννῶν tôn kannôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰ́ννῃ têi kánnēi	τοῖν κᾰ́νναιν toîn kánnain	ταῖς κᾰ́νναις taîs kánnais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰ́ννᾱν tḕn kánnān	τὼ κᾰ́ννᾱ tṑ kánnā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰ́ννᾱς tā̀s kánnās
Vocative	κᾰ́ννᾱ kánnā	κᾰ́ννᾱ kánnā	κᾰ́νναι kánnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κάννη (kánni)
• → Latin: canna (see there for further descendants)
  • ⇒ Latin: *cannālis, canālis (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “κάννα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κάννα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κάννα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κάννα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften