canaba
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editA 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
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈka.na.ba/, [ˈkänäbä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.na.ba/, [ˈkäːnäbä]
Noun
editcanaba f (genitive canabae); first declension
- hut, hovel, cottage
- wineshop, groggery, saloon (low-grade)
- settlement of traders/discharged soldiers
- (in the plural) Roman military camp/fort
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | canaba | canabae |
genitive | canabae | canabārum |
dative | canabae | canabīs |
accusative | canabam | canabās |
ablative | canabā | canabīs |
vocative | canaba | canabae |
Derived terms
edit- >? cabanna
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “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