Κάνωβος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Κᾰ́νωπος (Kánōpos)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ká.nɔː.bos/ → /ˈka.no.βos/ → /ˈka.no.vos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ká.nɔː.bos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈka.no.bos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.no.βos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈka.no.vos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈka.no.vos/

Proper noun

Κᾰ́νωβος • (Kánōbos) m (genitive Κᾰνώβου); second declension

1. Canopus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κᾰ́νωβος; τοῦ Κᾰνώβου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κᾰ́νωβος ho Kánōbos
Genitive	τοῦ Κᾰνώβου toû Kanṓbou
Dative	τῷ Κᾰνώβῳ tôi Kanṓbōi
Accusative	τὸν Κᾰ́νωβον tòn Kánōbon
Vocative	Κᾰ́νωβε Kánōbe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κᾰνωβῑ́της (Kanōbī́tēs)
• Κᾰνωβῐκός (Kanōbikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Κάνωβος (Kánovos)
• → Latin: Canōpus, Canōbus (see there for further descendants)

References

• “Κάνωβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Κάνωβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005