canus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kaznos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱas- (compare Welsh cannu (“to whiten”), ceinach (“hare”), English hare, Latin cascus (“old”), Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”), Old Prussian sasnis (“hare”), Pashto سوی (soe, “hare”), Sanskrit शश (śaśa, “hare”)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkaː.nus/, [ˈkaː.nʊs]
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cānus | cāna | cānum | cānī | cānae | cāna | |
| Genitive | cānī | cānae | cānī | cānōrum | cānārum | cānōrum | |
| Dative | cānō | cānae | cānō | cānīs | cānīs | cānīs | |
| Accusative | cānum | cānam | cānum | cānōs | cānās | cāna | |
| Ablative | cānō | cānā | cānō | cānīs | cānīs | cānīs | |
| Vocative | cāne | cāna | cānum | cānī | cānae | cāna | |
Descendants
References
- canus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- canus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- canus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- canus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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