κάναβος: Difference between revisions

|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 [[κίνναβος]] (Suid.) [f.l. acc. to LSJ 953], <b class="b3">κιναβεύματα πανουργήματα</b> H., Phot. (uncertain Ar. Fr. 699).<br />Derivatives: [[κανάβιος]], <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 [[κάκκαβος]], [[κόλλαβος]], [[σίττυβος]] (Chantraine Formation 262); perh from [[κάννα]] [[reed]] (s. v.), if prop. [[reed frame]]. Seen the varition [[ν]]\/[[νν]] the word will be Pre-Greek, though Fur. 303 has not found the geminate [[νν]], but note Lat. [[canaba]], [[cannaba]]. - On Lat. [[canaba]] [[hovel]], [[hut]] (prop. <b class="b2">reed-frame?</b>) s. W.-Hofmann s. v.