canephoros

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κανηφόρος (kanēphóros), from κάνεον (káneon, “wicker basket”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearer”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈneː.pʰo.ros/, [käˈneːpʰɔrɔs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈne.fo.ros/, [käˈnɛːforos]

Noun

canēphoros f

1. "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

The word is declined as if Greek:

• Nominative singular: canēphoros
• Accusative singular: canēphoron
• Nominative plural: canēphoroe
• Accusative plural: canēphorōs

References

• “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