The corpus record

κάναστρον

kanastron · τό

wicker basket

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What it meant

κάναστρον · kanastron — LSJ

wicker basket

= κάνεον, wicker basket, GDI 5087.9 (Crete), dub. in Supp.Epigr. 1.414 (Crete), cf. Hsch.: καναῦστρον, IG 1(2).330.11 (cited as κάναστρον and κάνυστρον by Poll. 10.86), cf. Carm.Pop. 41.9; κάνιστρον (?), PLond. 5.1657.9 (iv/v A.D.).

II earthen vessel, dish

earthen vessel, dish, = τρύβλιον, Hom. Epigr. 14.3, Nicopho 24.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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