κᾰνηφόρ-ος

κᾰνηφορ-έω,

A carry a basket, Ph.2.55, al.; esp. carry the sacred basket in procession, Ar.Lys. 646, al., IG2.1204, al., 3.921;

κ. Παναθηναίοις Arist.Ath.18.2

; also κ. Δήλια καὶ Ἀπολλώνια Durrbach Choix d' Inscriptions de Délos 115 (ii B.C.);

τῷ Διὶ τῷ βασιλεῖ Plu.2.772a

;

Ἴσιδι CIG2298

([place name] Delos), cf. 3602 ([place name] Ilium).

κᾰνηφορ-ία, ἡ,

A office of κανηφόρος, Pl.Hipparch. 229c.

κᾰνηφορ-ικός, ή, όν,

A of the

Κανηφόροι, κόσμος IG 22.333c10

.

κᾰνηφόρ-ος (parox.), ον,

A carrying a basket: Κανηφόροι, αἱ, at Athens, title of maidens who carried baskets in procession at festivals, Ar.Ach. 242 (sg.), al. (cf. Sch. ad loc.), Hermipp.26, IG22.896.9 (sg.); represented in works of art, Cic.Verr.4.3.5, Plin.HN36.25; elsewh., as title of priestess,

κ. θεᾶς Ἀρτέμιδος CIG4362

(Pisid.);

κ. Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου PCair.Zen.3

(iii B.C.), PTeb. 176 (iii/ii B.C.), cf. PStrassb.83.10 (ii B.C.), etc.

Grammatical information: f., often plur.

Meaning: `reed, Arundo donax, reed-fence, -mat' (Com., inscr., Plb.).

Other forms: s. below!

Dialectal forms: Myc. kononi-phi \/kanōni-phi\/

Compounds: as 1. member in κανη-φόρος f. `Korbträgerin' (Ar.; on the comp.-vowel Schwyzer 438f.) with κανηφορ-έω, - ία, - ικός.

Derivatives: 1. κάνης, - ητος m. `reed mat' (Solon. Law in Plu. Sol. 21, Crates Com., D. H.) with καννητο-ποιός (Hippon. 116). 2. κάννηκες πλέγματα ταρσῶν H. - 3. κανοῦν, Ion. κάνεον, ep. also - ειον n. `reed basket, dish' (Il.; substant. adj.). Diminut. κανίσκος, - ίσκιον (Ar.), κανίδιον (pap.); further κάναστρον (Hom. Epigr., Nicophon, Attica, Kreta; cf. on ζύγαστρον), also - αυστρον (like θερμα(ύ)στρα; s. θερμός), - ιστρον, - υστρον (inscr., pap., Poll.; Kretschmer Glotta 11, 283) = Lat. canistrum; from there καναστραῖα κοῖλά τινα ἀγγεῖα Suid.; κάνασθον (Naukratis). - Zu κάν(ν)αβος, κάν(ν)αθρον, κανών s. bes.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: From Babyl.-Assyr. qanū `reed', which may come from Sumer.-Accad. gin `id.', Ugar. qn, Punic qn'. S. E. Masson, Emprunts sémit. 47.From κάννα Lat. canna `reed etc.'; s. W.-Hofmann s. v. - Fur. 303 points out that κάναθρον etc. are clearly Pre-Greek formations, so that the word may have been of Anatolian origin; note further Myc. kononipi \/konōni-phi\/ which shows α\/ο, which is also Pre-Greek.

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Grammatical information: f., often plur.

Meaning: `reed, Arundo donax, reed-fence, -mat' (Com., inscr., Plb.).

Other forms: s. below!

Dialectal forms: Myc. kononi-phi \/kanōni-phi\/

Compounds: as 1. member in κανη-φόρος f. `Korbträgerin' (Ar.; on the comp.-vowel Schwyzer 438f.) with κανηφορ-έω, - ία, - ικός.

Derivatives: 1. κάνης, - ητος m. `reed mat' (Solon. Law in Plu. Sol. 21, Crates Com., D. H.) with καννητο-ποιός (Hippon. 116). 2. κάννηκες πλέγματα ταρσῶν H. - 3. κανοῦν, Ion. κάνεον, ep. also - ειον n. `reed basket, dish' (Il.; substant. adj.). Diminut. κανίσκος, - ίσκιον (Ar.), κανίδιον (pap.); further κάναστρον (Hom. Epigr., Nicophon, Attica, Kreta; cf. on ζύγαστρον), also - αυστρον (like θερμα(ύ)στρα; s. θερμός), - ιστρον, - υστρον (inscr., pap., Poll.; Kretschmer Glotta 11, 283) = Lat. canistrum; from there καναστραῖα κοῖλά τινα ἀγγεῖα Suid.; κάνασθον (Naukratis). - Zu κάν(ν)αβος, κάν(ν)αθρον, κανών s. bes.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: From Babyl.-Assyr. qanū `reed', which may come from Sumer.-Accad. gin `id.', Ugar. qn, Punic qn'. S. E. Masson, Emprunts sémit. 47.From κάννα Lat. canna `reed etc.'; s. W.-Hofmann s. v. - Fur. 303 points out that κάναθρον etc. are clearly Pre-Greek formations, so that the word may have been of Anatolian origin; note further Myc. kononipi \/konōni-phi\/ which shows α\/ο, which is also Pre-Greek.

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