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Canephoros

Canephoros · f

paintings

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Where it lives

In C. Verrem 1 · 0.1/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

Cănēphŏrŏs — Lewis & Short

Cănēphŏrŏs (-phŏra, ae, f., = *kanhfo/ros, h( (she that bears a basket, v. kanhfo/ros, and cf.

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 70), Hor. S. 1, 3, 10; Ov. M. 2, 711 sq.),

I paintings or statues of Greek artists, representing Athenian maidens, who, in the festivals of Juno, Diana, Minerva, Ceres, and Bacchus, bore different sacred utensils in wicker baskets (ka/nh) on their heads; nom. sing. Canephoros (a work of Scopas), Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 25.— Nom. plur. Canephoroe = kanhfo/roi (cf.: Adelphoe, arctoe, etc.), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5 Zumpt N. cr.—Acc. plur. Canephoros, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; 2, 4, 8, § 18 Zumpt N. cr.; cf. Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 70.—A collat. Latinized form, Canifera, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 65 Müll.

In the wild

Canephoros Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.4.18
canephoros Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 36.5.p5

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