Canopus
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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 coastal city in northern Egypt, known for extravagance.
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Noun edit
Canopus (plural Canopuses)
- A canopic jar.
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Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Κάνωπος (Kánōpos, “Canopus”), Κάνωβος (Kánōbos, “Canobus”). Possibly Arabic جَنُوب (janūb, “south”) is cognate; compare the southeastern wall of the Kaaba pointing to the star and bearing the name جَنُوب (janūb).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈnoː.pus/, [käˈnoːpʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈno.pus/, [käˈnɔːpus]
Proper noun edit
Canōpus m sg (genitive Canōpī); second declension
- (Greek mythology) the pilot of King Menelaus's ship in the Iliad
- Canopus (an ancient coastal city in northern Egypt, known for extravagance)
- (by extension, poetic) Lower Egypt
- (astronomy) the star Canopus
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Canōpus |
| Genitive | Canōpī |
| Dative | Canōpō |
| Accusative | Canōpum |
| Ablative | Canōpō |
| Vocative | Canōpe |
| Locative | Canōpī |
References edit
- ^ “The Qibla Of Early Mosques: Jerusalem Or Makkah?”, on Islamic Awareness, 2 July 2001 – 3 November 2001.
- ^ “Canopus” in Constellation-Guide, 2014.
- “Canopus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Canopus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.