canephoros
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κανηφόρος (kanēphóros), from κάνεον (káneon, “wicker basket”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearer”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈneː.pʰo.ros/, [käˈneːpʰɔrɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈne.fo.ros/, [käˈnɛːforos]
Noun edit
canēphoros f
- "paintings or statues [by] Greek artists, representing Athenian maidens, who, in the festivals of Juno, Diana, Minerva, Ceres, and Bacchus, bore different sacred utensils in wicker baskets on their heads" (Lewis and Short)
Declension edit
The word is declined as if Greek:
- Nominative singular: canēphoros
- Accusative singular: canēphoron
- Nominative plural: canēphoroe
- Accusative plural: canēphorōs
References edit
- “canephoros”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “canephoros”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers