The corpus record

κᾰνόν-ιον

kanonion · τό

small bar, rod, compass

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What it meant

κᾰνόν-ιον · kanon-ion — LSJ

small bar, rod

small bar or rod, Ph. Bel. 74.11, Hero Spir. 1.5, al., Apollod. Poliorc. 182.6, Hero Bel. 77.1.

II compass

compass, S.E. M. 10.149, 153.

III

= σταμίς, Poll. 1.92.

IV tabulation, table

tabulation, table, Ptol. Harm. 2.15, Gaud.Harm. 22, Vett.Val. 321 sq.

V correct list

correct list, PLond. 2.259.126 (i A. D.).

Dim. of κανών 1.10, Ptol. Harm. 1.15 (pl.), 2.13.

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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