canephorus

canephorus
ca·neph·o·rus

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  • CANEPHORUS — ex marmore, Scopae opus, memoratur Plinio, l. 36. c. 5. Is fecit Venerem item Apollinem Palatinum, Vestam sedentem laudatum in Servilianis hortis, duasque chametaeas (alii habent, commotrias) circa eam, quarum pares in Asinii monumentis sunt, ubi …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • canephorus —   n. (pl. ri) sculpture of a young man or woman carrying a basket on head …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • canephorus — noun see canephore …   Useful english dictionary

  • CANISTRUM — ex Graeco κάναςτρον, ut calamistrum, ex καλάμαςτρον; illud autem ex voce κανοῦν, quam suam quoque Latinos fecisse, supra diximus, in voce Cana. Vide quoque in Canephoros. Apud Epiphanium, Indic. ad Hormisdam Pontif. Roman. vas Ecclesiafticum est …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • canephor — noun see canephore * * * canephor /kanˈi fōr, för/ (architecture) noun A sculptured figure carrying a basket on the head (also caneˈphora, canˈephore or canephorus /ka nēˈfor əs/) ORIGIN: Gr kanēphoros a basket bearer, as at the Panathenaic… …   Useful english dictionary

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