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Antecanis
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Orthography ID = 2003350
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LNS
Antecanis, Antecanis
Antecanis
noun (m., 3
rd
pure I-stem declension)
a constellation, the Lesser Dog-star, before the Dog-star
Abbreviations
Ante-canis, is, m.
, transl. of Προκύων, a constellation, the Lesser Dog-star, so called as rising before the Dog-star: Antecanis Graio Procyon qui nomine fertur, Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 114; id. Arat. 222; cf. Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268.
