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† canna, ae, f., = κάννα,

  1. I. a reed, cane (less freq. than harundo), Col. 7, 9, 7; 4, 32, 3: palustris, Ov. M. 4, 298: tremulae, id. ib. 6, 326 al.
  2. II. Transf., any thing made of reed.
    1. A. A reed-pipe, flute, Ov. M. 2, 682; 11, 171; Sil. 7, 439.
    2. B. A small vessel, gondola, Juv. 5, 89; cf. Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 21; 7, 56. 57, § 206.
    3. C. Canna gutturis. in later medical writers, the windpipe, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 16, 97; id. Tard. 2, 12, 137.

Cannae, ārum, f., = Κάνναι (Κάννα, Polyb.),

  1. 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.
  2. 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, id. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28; cf. Arn. 5, 38.
    As subst.: Cannenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Cannœ, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105.