canna Latin · revision 6317

16 Oct 2026, 06:53 by bogdan “New Latin entry (sources: de Vaan, OLD, Lewis & Short, TLL...)” current version
Initial text

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Varro of Atax|origins=akk 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝}}
+ 
+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkan.na]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkan.na]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''canna''' ''f'' (genitive cannae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[bor|grc|κάννα|tr=kánna|t=reed]], itself from [[akk|𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝|tr=qanûm|t=reed]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline) Compare [[hbo|קָנֶה|tr=qāne|t=reed]].^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Köbler's first source is Varro of Atax, of the second third of the 1st century BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant a small reed, a cane, less common than [[harundō]], as in Ovid and Columella, and a reed pipe, Pan-pipe, as in Ovid.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Döderlein contrasts [[calamus]], a reed by its hollowness, with [[culmus]], a stalk by its height.^(Döderlein 1874)
+ 
+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a reed, cane, flute, windpipe and an ell.^(Stelten 1995) In Medieval Latin it meant a rod as a land measure, an ell of cloth, and with ''mellis'' sugar cane.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''canna'', French ''canne'' and Spanish ''caña''.^(Wiktionary) [[en|cane]] came through Old French in the late 14th century, and Italian ''cannone'' “large tube”, from it, gave [[en|cannon]] about 1400.^(Etymonline) [[canālis]] “channel” is related.^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 1st century BC – Varro of Atax uses it.^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of reeds and pipes.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''cane'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|reed]], [[m|en|cane]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # A reed pipe, Pan-pipe.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A rod (land measure); an ell; sugar cane.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[cannētum]]
+ * [[canneus]]
+ * [[cannula]]
+ * [[canālis]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[canālicula]]
+ * [[canāliculātus]]
+ * [[canāliculus]]
+ * [[canāliēnsis]]
+ * [[harundō]]
+ * [[calamus]]
+ * [[en|cane]]
+ * [[en|cannon]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}