Editing Cancer (constellation) (section)

==Names==
[[Richard Hinckley Allen|R.H. Allen]], in [[Star Names|''Star Names: Their lore and meanings'']], lists names for the constellation as follows:
:In [[Ancient Greece]], [[Aratus]] called the crab {{mvar|Καρκινος}} (''Karkinos''), which was followed by [[Hipparchus]] and [[Ptolemy]]. The [[Alfonsine tables]] called it ''Carcinus'', a Latinized form of the Greek word. [[Eratosthenes]] extended this as {{mvar|Καρκινος}}, {{mvar|Ονοι}}, {{mvar|και Φατνη}} (''Karkinos'', ''Onoi'', ''kai Fatne''): the Crab, {{grey|[the]}} Asses, and {{grey|[the]}} Crib. In [[Ancient Rome]], [[Marcus Manilius|Manilius]] and [[Ovid]] called the constellation ''Litoreus'' (shore-inhabiting). ''Astacus'' and ''Cammarus'' appear in various classic writers, while it is called ''Nepa'' in [[Cicero]]'s ''[[De Finibus]]'' and the works of [[Columella]], [[Plautus]], and [[Varro]]; all of these words signify a crab, {{grey|[a]}} [[lobster]], or {{grey|[a]}} [[scorpion]].<ref name=Allen1899>{{Harvnb|Allen|1899|pp=107–108}}</ref>

:[[Athanasius Kircher]] said that in Coptic Egypt it was {{mvar|Κλαρια}} (''Klaria''), the ''Bestia seu Statio [[Typhon]]is'' (the Power of Darkness). [[Jérôme Lalande]] identified this with [[Anubis]], one of the Egyptian divinities commonly associated with [[Sirius]].<ref name=Allen1899/>

:The Indian language [[Sanskrit]] shares a common ancestor with Greek, and the Sanskrit name of Cancer is ''Karka'' and ''Karkata''. In [[Telugu language|Telugu]] it is ''"Karkatakam"'', in [[Kannada language|Kannada]] ''"Karkataka"'' or ''"Kataka"'', in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ''Kadagam'', and in [[Sinhala language|Sinhala]] {{transliteration|si|Kagthaca}}. The later Hindus knew it as ''Kulira'', from the Greek {{mvar|Κολουρος}} (''Kolouros''), the term originated by [[Proclus]].<ref name=Allen1899/>