canaba

Latin

Alternative forms

• cannaba, canava, cannava, caneva, canapa, canipa

Etymology

A vulgar term acquired in the Imperial era. Compared to Ancient Greek κάναβος (kánabos) and καλύβη (kalúbē) with indecision, for the senses do not match. The same meanings are found in Aramaic חָנוּתָא / ܚܳܢܽܘܬܴܐ (ḥānūṯā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.ba/, [ˈkänäbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.ba/, [ˈkäːnäbä]

Noun

canaba f (genitive canabae); first declension

1. hut, hovel, cottage
2. wineshop, groggery, saloon (low-grade)
3. settlement of traders/discharged soldiers
4. (in the plural) Roman military camp/fort

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	canaba	canabae
Genitive	canabae	canabārum
Dative	canabae	canabīs
Accusative	canabam	canabās
Ablative	canabā	canabīs
Vocative	canaba	canabae

Derived terms

• >? cabanna

Descendants

• >? Galician: cánaba
• Italian: canova
• Serbo-Croatian: konoba

Further reading

• “canaba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• canaba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Lagarde, Paul de (1887) Mittheilungen (in German), volume 2, Göttingen: Dieterichsche Sortimentsbuchhandlung, pages 365–366
• Mommsen, Theodor (1873) “Die römischen Lagerstädte”, in Hermes. Zeitschrift für classische Philologie (in German), volume 7, pages 303–308