canis
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See also: Canis
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Older canēs, remodelled with generalization of the accusative form's vowel, from Proto-Italic *kō (acc. *kwanem, gen. *kunos),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (acc. *ḱwónm̥, gen. *ḱunés). Cognates include Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn), Sanskrit श्वन् (śván), Old English hund (whence English hound), Old Church Slavonic сѫка (sǫka, “she-dog”), Lithuanian šuõ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
canis m, f (genitive canis); third declension
- a dog (animal)
- Petronius
- Cave canem.
- Beware of the dog.
- Cave canem.
- Petronius
- a dog (foul person)
Inflection[edit]
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | canis | canēs |
| genitive | canis | canum |
| dative | canī | canibus |
| accusative | canem | canēs |
| ablative | cane | canibus |
| vocative | canis | canēs |
Related terms[edit]
Related terms
Descendants[edit]
Adjective[edit]
canīs
- dative masculine plural of canus
- dative feminine plural of canus
- dative neuter plural of canus
- ablative masculine plural of canus
- ablative feminine plural of canus
- ablative neuter plural of canus
References[edit]
- canis in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- canis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CANIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- canis in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to keep horses, dogs: alere equos, canes
- (ambiguous) to keep horses, dogs: alere equos, canes
- canis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, p. 87.
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
canis m pl
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