canaba

Alternative forms

• cannaba, canava, cannava, caneva, canapa, canipa

Etymology

A vulgar term acquired in the Imperial era. Compared to Ancient Greek κάναβος (kánabos) and καλύβη (kalúbē) with indecision, for the senses do not match. The same meanings are found in Aramaic חָנוּתָא / ܚܳܢܽܘܬܴܐ (ḥānūṯā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.ba/, [ˈkänäbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.na.ba/, [ˈkäːnäbä]

Noun

canaba f (genitive canabae); first declension

1. hut, hovel, cottage
2. wineshop, groggery, saloon (low-grade)
3. settlement of traders/discharged soldiers
4. (in the plural) Roman military camp/fort

Further reading

• “canaba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• canaba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Lagarde, Paul de (1887) Mittheilungen (in German), volume 2, Göttingen: Dieterichsche Sortimentsbuchhandlung, pages 365–366
• Mommsen, Theodor (1873) “Die römischen Lagerstädte”, in Hermes. Zeitschrift für classische Philologie (in German), volume 7, pages 303–308