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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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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

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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative canaba canabae
genitive canabae canabārum
dative canabae canabīs
accusative canabam canabās
ablative canabā canabīs
vocative canaba canabae

Derived terms

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  • >? cabanna

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • 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