κάνεον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], τό, Ep. also κάνειον, Att. contr. κανοῦν <span class="title">IG</span>12.313.136, 22.1414.20, al.; dual [[κανώ]] ib.12.280.10; pl. [[κανᾶ]] ib.22.1414.38:— <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[basket of reed]] or [[cane]], esp. [[bread-basket]], καλοῖς ἐν κανέοισιν <span class="bibl">Il.9.217</span>; περικαλλέος ἐκ κανέοιο <span class="bibl">Od.17.343</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.119</span>, etc.; Χάλκειον κάνεον <span class="bibl">Il.11.630</span>; Χρύσεια κάνεια <span class="bibl">Od.10.355</span>; esp. used for the sacred barley at sacrifices, ἔχεν οὐλὰς ἐν κανέῳ <span class="bibl">3.442</span>; κανοῦν ἐνῆρκται <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span> 1142</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HF</span>926</span>, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.120</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Sam.</span>7</span>; τὸ κανοῦν ὀλὰς ἔχον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>948</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ach.</span>244</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Pherecr.137</span>, etc.; carried in procession, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Epit.</span>222</span>; as a votive offering (perh. a vessel of basketshape), <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).161<span class="title">B</span>34, al. (Delos, iii B.C.), 7.2424 (Thebes), <span class="title">CIG</span> 2855.21 (Branchidae).</span>