Canopus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Canōpus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnoʊpəs/
• enPR: kă-nōʹpŭs

Proper noun

Canopus

1. (astronomy) A white bright giant, visually the second brightest star in the night sky, a part of the southern constellation of Carina.
2. (Greek mythology) The pilot of King Menelaus's ship in the Iliad.
3. 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

star

• Arabic: سُهَيْل (suhayl)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 老人星 (lou⁵ jan⁴ sing¹)

  Mandarin: 老人星 (zh) (Lǎorénxīng)

• Greek: Κάνωπος (el) m (Kánopos)
• Hawaiian: Kealiʻiokonaikalewa (Ke-aliʻi-o-Kona-i-ka-lewa), Aliʻiokonaikalewa (Aliʻi-o-Kona-i-ka-lewa) (uncommon)
• Hindi: अगस्ति (hi) (agasti)
• Latin: Canōpus m
• Māori: Autahi, Atutahi, Makahea
• Navajo: Mąʼii bizǫʼ
• Persian: سهیل (fa) (soheyl), اگست (agast), پرک (fa) (parak)
• Polish: Kanopus m
• Spanish: Canopo

Menelaus' pilot

• Greek: Κάνωπος (el) m (Kánopos)
• Polish: Kanopus m

Noun

Canopus (plural Canopuses)

1. 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

1. (Greek mythology) the pilot of King Menelaus's ship in the Iliad
2. Canopus (an ancient coastal city in northern Egypt, known for extravagance)
3. (by extension, poetic) Lower Egypt
4. (astronomy) the star Canopus

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Canōpus
genitive	Canōpī
dative	Canōpō
accusative	Canōpum
ablative	Canōpō
vocative	Canōpe
locative	Canōpī

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.