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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.
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    • Vergil, Georgics, 4.287
    • Tacitus, Annales, 2.60
    • Lucan, Civil War, 10.64
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 5.62
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 6.6
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 1, 5.13
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 37.3
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