Canius

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From cānus (“hoary”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Cānius m sg (genitive Cāniī or Cānī); second declension

  1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
    1. Gaius Canius, a Roman knight

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Cānius
Genitive Cāniī
Cānī1
Dative Cāniō
Accusative Cānium
Ablative Cāniō
Vocative Cānī

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

References[edit]

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