κᾰνών, όνος, ὁ,
straight rod, bar, especially to keep a thing straight:
1 in
plural,
staves which preserved the shape of the shield, [ἀσπίδα] δύω κανόνεσσ᾽ ἀραρυῖαν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2 weaver's rod, to which alternate threads of the warp were attached, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
3 ruddled line used by masons or carpenters, πύργους.. ὀρθοῖσιν ἔθεμεν κανόσιν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
rule, straight-edge, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὥστε τέκτονος παρὰ στάθμην ἰόντος ὀρθοῦται κ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κανόνεσσι.. μετρήσασθαι [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; μολίβδινος κ., i.e. a flexible
rule that cannot be depended on for straight measurement, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
3.b ruler, [
Refs 6th c.AD+]
3.c metaphorically, κανόνες καὶ πήχεις ἐπῶν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4 beam or
tongue of the balance, στῆσαι ἐκ κανόνος [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
5 curtain-rod, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
6 in
plural,
reeds of a wind-organ, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
7 bed-post, [
LXX]
8 in
plural,
poles from which the
ancilia were suspended when carried, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
9 plural,
bars of a window, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
10 in Music,
monochord, κατατομὴ κανόνος, title of work by [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]
11 cross-bar of κιθάρα, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
inHarm.p.207.
II metaphorically,
rule, standard, κανόνι τοῦ καλοῦ μαθών [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the law, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ σπουδαῖος.. ὥσπερ κ. καὶ μέτρον αὐτῶν (i.e. καλῶν καὶ ἡδέων) ὤν [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ Ἐπικούρου κ. his treatise on Logic, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ τῆς φιλοσοφίας κ. [
LXX], title of treatise by Democritus; of a philosophic
principle, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
II.2 in Art,
model, standard, ὁ κ., a statue by Polyclitus which furnished a model of proportions, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; also his treatise on the same, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; also in Literature, Ἡρόδοτος τῆς Ἰάδος ἄριστος κ., Θουκυδίδης δὲ τῆς Ἀτθίδος [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.2.c of a person,
severe critic, κ.
scriptorum, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.3 Grammars,
general rule, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
inTheod.2 p.xxi;
paradigm, οἱ κ. τῶν ὀνομάτων [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.3.b metrical
scheme showing all possible forms of a verse, [
Refs 7th c.AD+]
II.4 in Astronomy and Chronology,
table of dates, κανόνες Χρονικοί [
Refs 1st c.AD+];
singular, κανών, ὁ,
system of chronology, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.4.b astrological
table, κανόνων καὶ εἰσόδων πήξεις [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.5 limit, boundary, explanation as τὸ μέτρον τοῦ πηδήματος, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.5.b '
province', sphere of action, [
NT]
II.6 assessment for taxation, [
Refs 4th c.AD+], etc.; οἱ δεσποτικοὶ κ. the Imperial
taxes, [
Refs 4th c.AD+]; ἰδιωτικὸς κ. [
Refs 4th c.AD+]
II.7 tariff, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
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