canonicus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek κανονικός (kanonikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈno.ni.kus/, [kaˈnɔ.nɪ.kʊs]

Noun

canonicus m (genitive canonici); second declension

1. canon
2. clergyman
3. prebendary

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	canonicus	canonicī
genitive	canonicī	canonicōrum
dative	canonicō	canonicīs
accusative	canonicum	canonicōs
ablative	canonicō	canonicīs
vocative	canonice	canonicī

Adjective

canonicus (feminine canonica, neuter canonicum); first/second declension

1. canonical
2. regular (obeying rules)

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	canonicus	canonica	canonicum		canonicī	canonicae	canonica
genitive	canonicī	canonicae	canonicī		canonicōrum	canonicārum	canonicōrum
dative	canonicō		canonicō		canonicīs
accusative	canonicum	canonicam	canonicum		canonicōs	canonicās	canonica
ablative	canonicō	canonicā	canonicō		canonicīs
vocative	canonice	canonica	canonicum		canonicī	canonicae	canonica

Derived terms

• canonicatus
• canonicalis
• vīcus canonicus

Descendants

• Anglo-Norman: canunie
• Catalan: canònic
• English: canonic
• French: chanoine (inherited), canonique (borrowed)

• Italian: canonico
• Portuguese: canônico, cónego
• Spanish: canónico

References

• canonicus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “canonicus”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “canonicus” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)