Κάνωπος
From LSJ
Ἐν μυρίοισι τὰ καλὰ γίγνεται πόνοις → Magni est laboris, quicquid est pulchri uspiam → Das Schöne formt in tausendfältgen Mühen sich
English (LSJ)
ὁ,
A v. Κάνωβος.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Κάνωπος: ὁ, ἴδε Κάνωβος.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m.
Meaning: city in lower Egypt (Hdt.)
Other forms: also Κάνωβος.
Derivatives: Κανωβίτης of C., -εύς id.. -ικός id.; -ισμός luxurious living.
Origin: Egypt.X[probably]
Etymology: Egyptian, M. Malaise, Chronique d'Égypte 74 (1999) 224-230. Aelius Aristides, Or. 36, 108-110 (Keil) mentions that a priest told it meant χρυσοῦν ἔδαφος; so the story of Hecataeus that it was the name of the steersman of Menelaos was just Greek invention.
