"Canopus" meaning in Latin

See Canopus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kaˈnoː.pus/ [Classical-Latin], [käˈnoːpʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /kaˈno.pus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [käˈnɔːpus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: 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). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|Κάνωπος||Canopus}} Ancient Greek Κάνωπος (Kánōpos, “Canopus”), {{cog|ar|جَنُوب|t=south}} Arabic جَنُوب (janūb, “south”) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Canōpus<2.loc>}} Canōpus m sg (genitive Canōpī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Canōpus<2.loc>}} Forms: Canōpus [canonical, masculine, singular], Canōpī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Canōpus [nominative, singular], Canōpī [genitive, singular], Canōpō [dative, singular], Canōpum [accusative, singular], Canōpō [ablative, singular], Canōpe [singular, vocative], Canōpī [locative, singular]
  1. (Greek mythology) the pilot of King Menelaus's ship in the Iliad Tags: Greek, declension-2 Categories (topical): Greek mythology
    Sense id: en-Canopus-la-name-Sjdy9WcL Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. Canopus (an ancient coastal city in northern Egypt, known for extravagance) Tags: declension-2 Categories (place): Cities in Egypt, Places in Egypt
    Sense id: en-Canopus-la-name-f1z-ge9V
  3. (by extension, poetic) Lower Egypt Tags: broadly, declension-2, poetic
    Sense id: en-Canopus-la-name-yJUf8Sko Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 4 2 19 4 2 50 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 2 1 22 2 1 57 4 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 1 86 8 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 32 9 50 8
  4. (astronomy) the star Canopus Tags: declension-2 Categories (topical): Stars Synonyms: Canōbus
    Sense id: en-Canopus-la-name-t06jHa7r Topics: astronomy, natural-sciences
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