proper nounCānĭdĭaCANIDIA☆ KeepMeaninga sorceressLewis & Short 1879ModernAs printed, 1879CANIDIALEWIS & SHORTCANIDIACānĭdĭa, ae, f., I. a sorceress, often mentioned by Horace, Hor. Epod. 3, 8; id. S. 1, 8, 24; 2, 1, 48; 2, 8, 95; to whom Epod. 5 and 17 are addressed.Read the whole entryIn the Academy Smith's classical dictionariesBiography & mythologyCanidiaCanidia. whose real name was Gratidia, as we learn from the scholiasts, was a Neapolitan hetaira beloved by Horace; but when she deserted him, he reve…