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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κανηφόρος (kanēphóros), from κάνεον (káneon, “wicker basket”) + -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearer”).
Pronunciation
Noun
canēphoros f
- "paintings or statues 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
The word is declined as if Greek:
- Nominative singular: canēphoros
- Accusative singular: canēphoron
- Nominative plural: canēphoroe
- Accusative plural: canēphorōs
References
- “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