ου (ὁ) [ᾰ] Kanôbos :
      1 h. EL. N.A. 14, 3 ;
      2 Canope (auj. ruines près d’Aboukir) v. d’Égypte, HDT. 2, 15, etc. ; ESCHL. Pr. 846, etc.

s. LGPN

ὁ (Κάνωπος St.Byz., cf. Scyl. 106, Luc. Nav. 15, Ath. 7.326a), Canopus in lower Egypt, A. Pr. 846, Hdt. 2.15, D.C. 50.27; name of the star Canopus, Hipparch. 1.11.7 (Κάνωπος), Ptol. Alm. 8.1 (Κάνωβος), etc. ; — hence Κανωπίτης [ι], of Canopus, αἰγιαλός Call. in PSI 9.1092.58; also epith. of Sarapis, who had a temple there, Id. Ep. 56.1; or Κανωβεύς, Orac. ap. Paus. 10.13.8; — Adj. Κανωβικός, ή, όν, στόμα, i.e. the westernmost mouth of the Nile, Hdt. 2.17, 113; ἡ πύλη ἡ Κανωβική Str. 17.1.10 and 16; Κανωπικά, τά, a kind of cake, Chrysipp.Tyan. ap. Ath. 14.647c.

Place, proper name

• port on the western branch of the Nile, Abu Qir near Alexandria, Egypt. (TOPOS text)