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|lstext='''Κάνωπος''': ὁ, ἴδε [[Κάνωβος]].
|lstext='''Κάνωπος''': ὁ, ἴδε [[Κάνωβος]].
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|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: city in lower Egypt (Hdt.)<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">Κάνωβος</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">Κανωβίτης</b> <b class="b2">of C.</b>, <b class="b3">-εύς</b> <b class="b2">id.</b>. <b class="b3">-ικός</b> <b class="b2">id.</b>; <b class="b3">-ισμός</b> <b class="b2">luxurious living</b>.<br />Origin: Egypt.X[probably]<br />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 <b class="b3">χρυσοῦν ἔδαφος</b>; so the story of Hecataeus that it was the name of the steersman of Menelaos was just Greek invention.
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