noun greek

canna

gen. cannae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

a reed; cane •

a reed, cane (less freq. than harundo), Col. 7, 9, 7; 4, 32, 3: palustris, Ov. M. 4, 298: tremulae, id. ib. 6, 326 al.—

any thing made of reed by extension

Transf., any thing made of reed.

A reed-pipe; flute

A reed-pipe, flute, Ov. M. 2, 682; 11, 171; Sil. 7, 439.—

A small vessel; gondola

A small vessel, gondola, Juv. 5, 89; cf. Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 21; 7, 56. 57, § 206.—

the windpipe

Canna gutturis. in later medical writers, the windpipe, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 16, 97; id. Tard. 2, 12, 137.

Perseus ID: n6514 Key: canna