Cānĭdia, a certain woman of Neapolis, against whom Horace inveighed as a sorceress. Horace, Epodes.
Canĭdius, a tribune, who proposed a law to empower Pompey to go only with two lictors, to reconcile Ptolemy and the Alexandrians. Plutarch, Pompey.
Caninefātes, a people near Batavia, where modern Holland now is situate. Tacitus, Histories, bk. 4, ch. 15.
Caius Caninius Rebilus, a consul with Julius Cæsar, after the death of Trebonius. He was consul only for seven hours, because his predecessor died the last day of the year, and he was chosen only for the remaining part of the day; whence Cicero observed, that Rome was greatly indebted to him for his vigilance, as he had not slept during the whole time of his consulship. Cicero, bk. 7, Letters to his Friends, ltr. 33.—Plutarch, Cæsar.——Lucius, a lieutenant of Cæsar’s army in Gaul. Cæsar, Gallic War, bk. 7, ch. 83.——Rufus, a friend of Pliny the younger. Pliny, bk. 1, ltr. 3.——Gallus, an intimate friend of Cicero.
Canistius, a Lacedæmonian courier, who ran 1200 stadia in one day. Pliny, bk. 7, ch. 20.
Canius, a poet of Gades, contemporary with Martial. He was so naturally merry that he always laughed. Martial, bk. 1, ltr. 62.——A Roman knight who went to Sicily for his amusement, where he bought gardens well stocked with fish, which disappeared on the morrow. Cicero, bk. 3, de Officiis, ch. 14.
Cannæ, a small village of Apulia near the Aufidus, where Hannibal conquered the Roman consuls, Probus Æmylius and Terentius Varro, and slaughtered 40,000 Romans, on the 21st of May, B.C. 216. The spot where this famous battle was fought is now shown by the natives, and denominated the field of blood. Livy, bk. 22, ch. 44.—Florus, bk. 2, ch. 6.—Plutarch, Life of Hannibal.
Canōpicum ostium, one of the mouths of the Nile, 12 miles from Alexandria. Pausanias, bk. 5, ch. 21.
Cănōpus, a city of Egypt, 12 miles from Alexandria, celebrated for the temple of Serapis. It was founded by the Spartans, and therefore called Amyclæa, and it received its name from Canopus the pilot of the vessel of Menelaus, who was buried in this place. The inhabitants were dissolute in their manners. Virgil bestows upon it the epithet of Pellæus, because Alexander, who was born at Pella, built Alexandria in the neighbourhood. Silius Italicus, bk. 11, li. 433.—Mela, bk. 1, ch. 9.—Strabo, bk. 17.—Pliny, bk. 5, ch. 31.—Virgil, Georgics bk. 4, li. 287.——The pilot of the ship of Menelaus, who died in his youth on the coast of Egypt, by the bite of a serpent. Mela, bk. 2, ch. 7.
Cantăbra, a river falling into the Indus. Pliny, bk. 6, ch. 20.