(adjective) : Cannae, ārum, f., = Κάνναι (Κάννα, Polyb.)
* A village in Apulia, north of Canusium, famous for the victory of Hannibal over the Romans; it lay on the east side of the Aufidus (which is hence called Amnis Canna by Marcius vates ap. Liv. 25, 12, 5), now Canne, id. 22, 44, 1 sq. (Polyb. 3, 113); Flor. 2, 6, 15; Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89: Cannarum pugna,Liv. 23, 43, 4; Sil. 9, 10.—Appellative: Capuam Hannibali Cannas fuisse,a second Cannoe,Liv. 23, 45, 4; Flor. 2, 6, 21.
* Deriv.: Cannensis, e, , of Cannoe, Cannensian: pugna,Liv. 23, 1, 1; 23, 1, 11; Prop. 3 (4), 3, 10.al.: acies,Liv. 23, 18, 13: calamitas,Cic. Brut. 3, 12: clades,Liv. 22, 50, 1; 25, 12, 5; 23, 30, 11: ruina,id. 23, 25, 3: dies,Flor. 4, 12, 35: exercitus,which was cut to pieces at Cannoe,Liv. 29, 24, 11: animae,of those who fell at Cannoe,Stat. S. 1, 4, 87.—Appel., of the proscription of Sulla: te pugna Cannensis accusatorem sat bonum fecit,Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 89; and of a revel: Cannensis pugna nequitiae,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28; cf. Arn. 5, 38. —As subst.: Cannenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Cannoe, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105.

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