Antecanis

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Menander, Monostichoi, 154

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Antĕ-cănis: is, m., transl. of Προκύων>,
I a constellation, the Lesser Dog-star, so called as rising before the Dog-star: Antecanis Graio Procyon qui nomine fertur, Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 114; id. Arat. 222; cf. Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268.