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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 /> <b>2</b> [[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 /> <b>1</b> 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 /> <b>2</b> Cănōpēus ([[four]] syll.), a, um, adj., of [[Canopus]]: litora, Cat. 66, 58. —<br /> <b>3</b> Cănōpītis, e, the [[same]]: [[collyrium]], Cels. 6, 6.—<br /> <b>4</b> Cănōpītānus, a, um, the [[same]]: [[ostium]], Sol. 31.—<br /> <b>5</b> Subst.: Cănō-pītae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of [[Canopus]], Cic. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 13. | |||
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Revision as of 08:25, 13 August 2017
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
Κάνωβος, ὁ.
Man of Canopus: Κανωβίτης, -ου, ὁ.
Of Canopus, adj.: Κανωβικός.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Cănōpus: (-pŏs), i, m., = Κάνωπος>,
I 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).
Cănōpus: i, m., = Κάνωβος>, rarely Κάνωπος>; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 13.
I 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.—
2 Meton., Lower Egypt; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 11, 39; Verg. G. 4, 287 Heyne.—Also the whole of Egypt, Luc. 10, 64.—
II Derivv.
1 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.—
2 Cănōpēus (four syll.), a, um, adj., of Canopus: litora, Cat. 66, 58. —
3 Cănōpītis, e, the same: collyrium, Cels. 6, 6.—
4 Cănōpītānus, a, um, the same: ostium, Sol. 31.—
5 Subst.: Cănō-pītae, ārum, m., the inhabitants of Canopus, Cic. ap. Quint. 1, 5, 13.
