κάναβος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=or κάννᾰβος, ὁ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">wooden framework</b> round which artists moulded wax or clay, <b class="b2">block-figure</b>, Hsch., <span class="bibl">Poll.7.164</span>, <span class="bibl">10.189</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[mannikin]] or <b class="b2">rough drawing of the human frame</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>515a35</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">GA</span>743a2</span> (wrongly expld. as [[cistern]] by <span class="bibl">Phlp.<span class="title">in GA</span>109.27</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., <b class="b2">lean person, 'skeleton</b>', <span class="bibl">Stratt.20</span>, Hsch. (Spelling and quantity undetermined: cf. [[κίναβος]].)</span>

|etymtx=κάνναβος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: wooden framework round which artists moulded wax or clay, block-figure, mannikin, lean person' (Stratt., Arist., Poll., H.);<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">κίνναβος</b> (Suid.) [f.l. acc. to LSJ 953], <b class="b3">κιναβεύματα πανουργήματα</b> H., Phot. (uncertain Ar. Fr. 699).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κανάβιος</b>, <b class="b3">-ινος</b> <b class="b2">belonging to a κ., κ.-like</b> (AP, H.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]<br />Etymology: -On the formation cf. the often dark words in <b class="b3">-βος</b> like <b class="b3">κάκκαβος</b>, <b class="b3">κόλλαβος</b>, <b class="b3">σίττυβος</b> (Chantraine Formation 262); perh from [[κάννα]] [[reed]] (s. v.), if prop. <b class="b2">reed frame</b>. Seen the varition <b class="b3">ν</b>\/<b class="b3">νν</b> the word will be Pre-Greek, though Fur. 303 has not found the geminate <b class="b3">νν</b>, but note Lat. [[canaba]], [[cannaba]]. - On Lat. [[canaba]] [[hovel]], [[hut]] (prop. <b class="b2">reed-frame?</b>) s. W.-Hofmann s. v.