Caninius

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Etymology[edit]

From canīnus (“canine”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Canīnius m sg (genitive Canīniī or Canīnī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Gaius Caninius Rebilus, a Roman general

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Canīnius
Genitive Canīniī
Canīnī1
Dative Canīniō
Accusative Canīnium
Ablative Canīniō
Vocative Canīnī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Ancient Greek: Κανίνιος (Kanínios)

References[edit]

  • “Caninius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Caninius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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