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canna , ae, f., = κάννα,
I.a reed, cane (less freq. than harundo), Col. 7, 9, 7; 4, 32, 3: “palustris,Ov. M. 4, 298: “tremulae,id. ib. 6, 326 al.—
II. Transf., any thing made of reed.
A. A reed-pipe, flute, Ov. M. 2, 682; 11, 171; Sil. 7, 439.—
B. A small vessel, gondola, Juv. 5, 89; cf. Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 21; 7, 56. 57, § 206.—
C. Canna gutturis. in later medical writers, the windpipe, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 16, 97; id. Tard. 2, 12, 137.
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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.682
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.298
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.326
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.21
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 7.56
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.32.3
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 7.9.7
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