κάναβος
From LSJ
ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη → trying to run before you can walk, the potter's art starting on a big jar
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.)
