κάνεον
νεκρὸν ἐάν ποτ' ἴδηις καὶ μνήματα κωφὰ παράγηις κοινὸν ἔσοπτρον ὁρᾶις· ὁ θανὼν οὕτως προσεδόκα → whenever you see a body dead, or pass by silent tombs, you look into the mirror of all men's destiny: the dead man expected nothing else | if you ever see a corpse or walk by quiet graves, that's when you look into the mirror we all share: the dead expected this
English (LSJ)
[ᾰ], τό, Ep. also κάνειον, Att. contr. κανοῦν IG12.313.136, 22.1414.20, al.; dual κανώ ib.12.280.10; pl. κανᾶ ib.22.1414.38:—
A basket of reed or cane, esp. bread-basket, καλοῖς ἐν κανέοισιν Il.9.217; περικαλλέος ἐκ κανέοιο Od.17.343, cf. Hdt.1.119, etc.; Χάλκειον κάνεον Il.11.630; Χρύσεια κάνεια Od.10.355; esp. used for the sacred barley at sacrifices, ἔχεν οὐλὰς ἐν κανέῳ 3.442; κανοῦν ἐνῆρκται E.El. 1142, cf. HF926, Aeschin.3.120, Men.Sam.7; τὸ κανοῦν ὀλὰς ἔχον Ar.Pax948, cf. Ach.244, al., Pherecr.137, etc.; carried in procession, Men.Epit.222; as a votive offering (perh. a vessel of basketshape), IG11(2).161B34, al. (Delos, iii B.C.), 7.2424 (Thebes), CIG 2855.21 (Branchidae).
German (Pape)
[Seite 1320] τό, zsgzgn κανοῦν, eigtl. ein aus Rohr geflochtener Korb zum Brote, Il. 9, 217 Od. 17, 343, Ath. I, 13 d; von Gold Od. 10, 355, χρυσήλατον Eur. I. A. 1565; κεράμιον D. Hal. 2, 23; die zum Opfer gebrauchten Körbe, in denen die geweihte Gerste, die Kränze u. das Opfermesser lagen, Od. 3, 441, ἐκ κανοῦ ἑλὼν ὀρθὴν σφαγίδα Eur. El. 810; ἐξάρχου κανᾶ I. A. 435, wie κανοῦν ἐνῆρκται El. 1142; τὸ κανοῦν πάρεστ' ὀλὰς ἔχον Ar. Pax 921; vgl. Add. 1 (VI, 258); sie wurden auf den Köpfen von Jungseauen bei heiligen Festprocessionen getragen, Thue. 6. 56, vgl. κανηφόρος; Dem. 24, 186 τὸν εἰς ἱερὰ εἰσιόντα καὶ χερνίβων καὶ κανῶν ἁψόμενον; ἐξορκοῦν ἐι κανοῖς πρὸς τῷ βωμῷ 59, 78.
