canephoros
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek κανηφόρος (kanēphóros), from κάνεον (káneon, “wicker basket”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearer”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈneː.pʰo.ros/, [käˈneːpʰɔrɔs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈne.fo.ros/, [käˈnɛːforos]
Noun[edit]
canēphoros f
- "paintings or statues [by] Greek artists, representing Athenian maidens, who, in the festivals of Juno, Diana, Minerva, Ceres, and Bacchus, bore different sacred utensils in wicker baskets on their heads" (Lewis and Short)
Declension[edit]
The word is declined as if Greek:
- Nominative singular: canēphoros
- Accusative singular: canēphoron
- Nominative plural: canēphoroe
- Accusative plural: canēphorōs
References[edit]
- “canephoros”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “canephoros”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers