Canopus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Canōpus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈnoʊpəs/ enPR: kă-nōʹpŭs === Proper noun === Canopus (astronomy) A white bright giant, visually the second brightest star in the night sky, a part of the southern constellation of Carina. (Greek mythology) The pilot of King Menelaus's ship in the Iliad. An ancient coastal city in northern Egypt, known for extravagance. ==== Synonyms ==== (star): Alpha Carinae (Bayer latinized form), α (alpha) Carinae (Bayer designation), α Car (Bayer abbreviated form) ==== Holonyms ==== Carina ==== Derived terms ==== canopic jar ==== Translations ==== === Noun === Canopus (plural Canopuses) A canopic jar. === References === “Naming Stars”, in International Astronomical Union, 1 June 2018, List of IAU-approved Star Names. === Anagrams === Panucos == Latin == === Alternative forms === Canōbus === 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). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kaˈnoː.pʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kaˈnɔː.pus] === Proper noun === 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 ==== Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Canopus (learned) === References === “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.