canna Copy link Outline I. a reed, cane , ...II. Transf., any thing made of reed.A. A reed-pipe, flute, Ov. M. 2, 682; ...B. A small vessel, gondola, Juv. 5, 89 ...C. Canna gutturis. in later medical writers, ... • 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.