caninus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caninus, from canis +‎ -inus.

Noun

caninus (plural canini)

1. The caninus muscle.

Anagrams

• Sunnaic

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder.

Latin canēs

Latin canis

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Latin canīnus

From canis (“dog”) + -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kaˈniː.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kaˈniː.nus]

Adjective

canīnus (feminine canīna, neuter canīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. canine; of or pertaining to a dog.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	canīnus	canīna	canīnum		canīnī	canīnae	canīna
genitive	canīnī	canīnae	canīnī		canīnōrum	canīnārum	canīnōrum
dative	canīnō	canīnae	canīnō		canīnīs
accusative	canīnum	canīnam	canīnum		canīnōs	canīnās	canīna
ablative	canīnō	canīnā	canīnō		canīnīs
vocative	canīne	canīna	canīnum		canīnī	canīnae	canīna

Synonyms

• canārius

Derived terms

• dens caninus
• littera canina
• pseudocaninus

Related terms

• canātim
• canīcula
• canīculāris
• caniformis
• canis

Descendants

• Catalan: caní
• English: canine
• French: canin
• Galician: caíño
• Italian: canino
• Malay: kanin
• Portuguese: cainho, canino
• Romanian: canin
• Spanish: canino

References

• “caninus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caninus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “caninus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.