κανών: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=-όνος<br />Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">straight rod, bar, stave or grip to handle the shield, directive, rule, model etc.</b> (Il.).<br />Dialectal forms: Myc. [[konon-ipi]] \/[[konon-iphi]]\/<br />Derivatives: Diminut. [[κανόνιον]] (Ph. Bel., Hero); [[κανονίς]] <b class="b2">ruler, frame etc.</b> (Arist., Ph. Bel.); [[κανονίης]] m. [[straight man]], [[like a rod]] (Hp. Aër. 24); [[κανονικός]] [[belonging to the κανών]] (hell.); [[κανονωτός]] [[provided with κανόνες]] (pap.). Denomin. verb [[κανονίζω]] [[measure]], [[decide]] (Arist.) with [[κανονισμοί]] pl. (Man.), [[κανόνισμα]] (AP), [[κανονιστικός]] (Choerob.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Mostly connected with [[κάννα]] as *reed-stave, but perh. the word is unrelated; on the formation Chantraine Formation 160ff. The variation [[α]]\/[[ο]] shows that it is a Pre-Greek word. The Semitic etymology by Lewy Fremdw. 133 (Hebr. [[qānoeh]] [[measuring reed]], [[balance]]) is not to be preferred. - On the history of [[κανών]] s. H. Oppel [[Κανών]]. 1937 (Philol. Suppl. 30 : 4); also v. Fritz AmJPhil. 60, 112ff.; L. Wenger Canon in den römischen Rechtsquellen und in den Papyri. 1942 (WienAkSb. 220 : 2); and Dölger ByzZ 42, 282ff.