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|lshtext=<b>Cănōpus</b>: (-pŏs), i, m., = [[Κάνωπος]],<br /><b>I</b> the brightest [[star]] in the [[constellation]] [[Argo]] ([[visible]] in Southern [[Europe]]), Manil. 1, 215; Vitr. 9, 4 (7); Plin. 2, 70, 71, § 178; Luc. 8, 181 (scanned Cănŏpŭs, Mart. Cap. 7, § 808).<br /><b>Cănōpus</b>: i, m., = [[Κάνωβος]], [[rarely]] [[Κάνωπος]]; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 13.<br /><b>I</b> An islandtown in Lower [[Egypt]], on the [[western]] [[mouth]] of the [[Nile]]; acc. to the [[fable]], named [[after]] the [[pilot]] of [[Menelaus]], [[who]] died [[there]]: [[Canopus]] (Canobus in Serv. ad Verg. G. 4, 287), Mel. 2, 7, 6; Plin. 5, 31, 34, § 128; Tac. A. 2, 60: [[famosus]], i. e. [[notorious]] for its [[luxury]], Juv. 15, 46; cf. id. 1, 26; 6, 84; Sen. Ep. 37, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [[Meton]]., Lower [[Egypt]]; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 11, 39; Verg. G. 4, 287 Heyne.—Also the [[whole]] of [[Egypt]], Luc. 10, 64.—<br /><b>II</b> Derivv.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cănōpĭcus, a, um, adj., of [[Canopus]]: Nili [[ostium]], Mel. 1, 9, 9; 2, 7, 6; Plin. 5, 10, 11, § 62 sq.; 5, 31, 34, § 128: [[arbor]], id. 12, 24, 51, § 109.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cănōpēus ([[four]] syll.), a, um, adj., of [[Canopus]]: litora, Cat. 66, 58. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cănōpītis, e, the [[same]]: [[collyrium]], Cels. 6, 6.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cănōpītānus, a, um, the [[same]]: [[ostium]], Sol. 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Subst.: Cănō-pītae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of [[Canopus]], Cic. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 13.