Cannae — Lewis & Short
Cannae, ārum, f., = *ka/nnai (*ka/nna, Polyb.),
I 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 Cannœ, Liv. 23, 45, 4; Flor. 2, 6, 21. —
II Deriv.: Cannensis, e, adj., of Cannœ, 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 Cannœ, Liv. 29, 24, 11:
animae,of those who fell at Cannœ, 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 Cannœ, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105.