caniformis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder.

Latin canēs

Latin canis

Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.?

Latin fōrma

Latin -fōrmis

Latin canifōrmis

From canis (“dog”) + -fōrmis (“having the form of”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ka.nɪˈfoːr.mɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ka.niˈfɔr.mis]

Adjective

canifōrmis (neuter canifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. having the form of a dog, dog-shaped

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	canifōrmis	canifōrme		canifōrmēs	canifōrmia
genitive	canifōrmis			canifōrmium
dative	canifōrmī			canifōrmibus
accusative	canifōrmem	canifōrme		canifōrmīs canifōrmēs	canifōrmia
ablative	canifōrmī			canifōrmibus
vocative	canifōrmis	canifōrme		canifōrmēs	canifōrmia

Descendants

• → Translingual: Caniformia

References

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