κάνεον [ᾰ], τό,
Epic dialect also κάνειον, Attic dialect contraction κανοῦν [[ “IG” 12.313.136, 22.1414.20, +others; dual κανώ [prev. work]12.280.10; _plural_ κανᾶ [prev. work]22.1414.38:] Refs] — basket of reed or cane, especially bread-basket, καλοῖς ἐν κανέοισιν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.217; περικαλλέος ἐκ κανέοιο 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.343, compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119, etc.; Χάλκειον κάνεον 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.630; Χρύσεια κάνεια 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.355 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially used for the sacred barley at sacrifices, ἔχεν οὐλὰς ἐν κανέῳ [[ 3.442; κανοῦν ἐνῆρκται 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1142, compare “HF” 926, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.120, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Σαμία” 7; τὸ κανοῦν ὀλὰς ἔχον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 948, compare “Ach.” 244, +others, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 137, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; carried in procession, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 222 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; as a votive offering (perhaps a vessel of basketshape), [[ “IG” 11(2).161 B 34, +others (Delos, 3rd c.BC), 7.2424 (from Thebes), “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2855.21 (from Branchidae). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]