LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Antĕ-cănis

Meaning

  1. a constellation

Antĕ-cănis, is, m., transl. of Προκύων,
I. 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.

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What does Antĕ-cănis mean in Latin?
Antĕ-cănis, a proper noun, means “a constellation”.