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Canusium

Canusium · n

a very ancient town in Apulia

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 22 14 · 8.15/10k
Verus 1 · 4.86/10k
Marcus Antoninus Philosophus 1 · 1.82/10k
Satyrarum libri 2 · 1.41/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 2 · 1.15/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 1 · 0.68/10k
Letters to Atticus 7 · 0.57/10k
Ab urbe condita 17 · 0.33/10k
De Bello Civili 1 · 0.31/10k
Naturalis Historia 6 · 0.15/10k

What it meant

Cănŭsĭum — Lewis & Short

Cănŭsĭum, ii, n. (Cănŭsĭa, ae, f.,

Inscr. Murat. 1037, 3),

I a very ancient town in Apulia, now Canosa, founded by the Greeks, and celebrated for its excellent wool, Cic. Att. 8, 11, D, § 1; Liv. 22, 50, 4; 22, 52, 4; Mel. 2, 4, 7; Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 104; 8, 48, 73, § 190 sq.; Hor. S. 1, 5, 91; 2, 3, 168.—

II Derivv.

A Cănŭsīnus, a, um, adj., of Canusium, Canusian: ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2: rufae, Mart. 14, 129: birri, Vop. Carin. 20. —

2 Subst.

(a) Cănŭsīnus, i, m., an inhabitant of Canusium: bilinguis, i. e. speaking Greek and Latin, Hor. S. 1, 10, 30. —

(b) Cănŭsīna, ae, f. (sc. vestis), garments made of Canusian wool, Mart. 14, 127.—

B Cănŭsīnātus, a, um, adj., clothed in Canusian wool: muliones, Suet. Ner. 30: Syrus, Mart. 9, 23, 9.

In the wild

Canusi Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.22.59.10
Canusiumque Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.22.60.7
Canusii Livy, Ab urbe condita 2.22.54.1
Canusium Historia Augusta, Marcus Antoninus Philosophus 8
Canusium Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 22 p57
Canusi Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 22 p54

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