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noun

Antĕ-cănis

gen. Antĕ-cănis · gender masculine · decl. 3rd
transl. of Προκύων
a constellation; the Lesser Dog-star; before the Dog-star •
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.
Perseus ID: n2739 Key: Antecanis