canicae

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks. Cognate with English honey, Albanian qengjë (“beehive”) and Ancient Greek κνῆκος (knêkos, “safflower”), Middle Welsh canecon (“gold”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.nɪ.kae̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.ni.t͡ʃe]

Noun

canicae f pl (genitive canicārum); first declension (plural only)

1. a kind of bran

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

	plural
nominative	canicae
genitive	canicārum
dative	canicīs
accusative	canicās
ablative	canicīs
vocative	canicae

References

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