Canopusn.

Brit.

/kəˈnəʊpəs/, U.S.

/kəˈnɑpəs/

Etymology: Latin, < Greek Κάνωπος.

1. The bright star α in the southern constellation Argo, situated in the rudder of the ship.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > star > kind of star > giant > [noun] > supergiant > Canopus

Canopus1555

Berenice's hair1601

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 245^v When these are hydden, there is seene on the lefte syde a bryght Canopus of three starres of notable greatnesse... In the myddest of these, is seene an other bryght Canopus.

1845 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women (rev. ed.) xxxvii, in Poems (ed. 3) I. 194 We drank the Libyan Sun to sleep, and lit Lamps which outburn'd Canopus.

2. = Canopic vase at Canopic adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > jar for entrails of mummies

Canopus1836

Canopic jar1878

1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 244/2 Canopus is also the name of an Egyptian jar.

1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 204 The canopos or jar resembling those in which the Egyptians placed the entrails of their mummies.

1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1873) 593.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	canopus
释义	Canopusn. Brit. /kəˈnəʊpəs/, U.S. /kəˈnɑpəs/ Etymology: Latin, < Greek Κάνωπος. 1. The bright star α in the southern constellation Argo, situated in the rudder of the ship. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > kind of star > giant > [noun] > supergiant > Canopus Canopus1555 Berenice's hair1601 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 245^v When these are hydden, there is seene on the lefte syde a bryght Canopus of three starres of notable greatnesse... In the myddest of these, is seene an other bryght Canopus. 1845 Ld. Tennyson Dream Fair Women (rev. ed.) xxxvii, in Poems (ed. 3) I. 194 We drank the Libyan Sun to sleep, and lit Lamps which outburn'd Canopus. 2. = Canopic vase at Canopic adj. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > jar for entrails of mummies Canopus1836 Canopic jar1878 1836 Penny Cycl. VI. 244/2 Canopus is also the name of an Egyptian jar. 1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 204 The canopos or jar resembling those in which the Egyptians placed the entrails of their mummies. 1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1873) 593. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1555
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