κανηφόρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(parox.), ον, [[carrying a basket]]: [[Κανηφόροι]], [[αἱ]], at Athens, title of maidens who carried baskets in procession at festivals, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>242</span> (sg.), al. (cf. Sch. ad loc.), <span class="bibl">Hermipp.26</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.896.9 (sg.); represented in works of art, Cic.<span class="title">Verr.</span>4.3.5, <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>36.25</span>; elsewhere, as title of priestess, κ. θεᾶς Ἀρτέμιδος <span class="title">CIG</span>4362 (Pisid.); κ. Ἀρσινόης Φιλαδέλφου <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>3</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>176</span> (iii/ii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PStrassb.</span>83.10</span> (ii B.C.), etc.

|btext=ος, ον :<br />qui porte une corbeille ; <i>particul. à Athènes</i> [[αἱ]] κανηφόροι les canéphores, <i>jeunes filles qui portaient sur leur tête les corbeilles contenant les objets pour le sacrifice</i>.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[κάνεον]], [[φέρω]].