canaba
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
A vulgar term acquired in the Imperial era. Compared to Ancient Greek κάναβος (kánabos, “wooden framework round”) and καλύβη (kalúbē, “hut”) with indecision, for the senses do not match. Possibly of Semitic origin, as the same meanings are found in Aramaic חָנוּתָא / ܚܳܢܽܘܬܴܐ (ḥānūṯā).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈka.na.ba]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.na.ba]
Noun
canaba 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
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
- >? cabanna
Descendants
Further reading
- “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