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Canopus
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Ca-no′pus
,Noun.
[L.
Canopus
, fr. Gr. [GREEK], town of Egypt.] (Astron.)
A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo.
Definition 2024
Canopus
Canopus
English
Proper noun
Canopus
- (astronomy) A yellowish-white supergiant star in the constellation Carina; Alpha (α) Carinae. It is the second brightest star in the night sky.
- (Greek mythology) The pilot of King Menelaus's ship in the Iliad.
- An ancient city in northern Egypt, known for extravagance.
Translations
star
Menelaus' pilot
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Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Κάνωπος (Kánōpos, “Kanopos”)
Proper noun
Canōpus m (genitive Canōpī); second declension
- The star Canopus
- A luxury town in northern Egypt
- (by extension, poetic) Lower Egypt
Declension
Second declension, with locative.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| nominative | Canōpus |
| genitive | Canōpī |
| dative | Canōpō |
| accusative | Canōpum |
| ablative | Canōpō |
| vocative | Canōpe |
| locative | Canōpī |
References
- Canopus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Canopus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.