κάναβος

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ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge

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Full diacritics: κάνᾰβος Medium diacritics: κάναβος Low diacritics: κάναβος Capitals: ΚΑΝΑΒΟΣ
Transliteration A: kánabos Transliteration B: kanabos Transliteration C: kanavos Beta Code: ka/nabos

English (LSJ)

or κάννᾰβος, ὁ,

   A wooden framework round which artists moulded wax or clay, block-figure, Hsch., Poll.7.164, 10.189.    2 mannikin or rough drawing of the human frame, Arist.HA515a35, GA743a2 (wrongly expld. as cistern by Phlp.in GA109.27).    3 metaph., lean person, 'skeleton', Stratt.20, Hsch. (Spelling and quantity undetermined: cf. κίναβος.)

German (Pape)

[Seite 1319] ὁ, oder richtiger κάνναβος, das Holz, um welches die bildenden Künstler eine Figur in Thon oder Wachs modelliren, u. das Modell selbst, Poll. 7, 164. 10, 189; bei Suid. u. B. A. 416 falsch κίνναβος; Arist. gen. anim. 2, 6 ἐκ τῆς καρδίας αἱ φλέβες διατεταμέναι, καθάπερ οἱ τοὺς κανάβους γράφοντες ἐν τοῖς τοίχοις, vgl. H. A. 3, 5, ein in Umrissen entworfenes Bild des Menschen. Uebertr., ein magerer Mensch, wie ein Skelet, an dem man alle Adern u. Knochen sehen kann, Strattis Poll. 10, 189 u. Hesych.