canus
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *kaznos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂s- (“bright grey”) (compare Welsh cannu (“to whiten”), ceinach (“hare”), English hare, Latin cascus (“old”), Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”), Old Prussian sasnis (“hare”), Pashto خړ (xëṛ, “grey”), Sanskrit शश (śaśa, “hare”)).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkaː.nus]
Adjective
cānus (feminine cāna, neuter cānum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | cānus | cāna | cānum | cānī | cānae | cāna | |
| genitive | cānī | cānae | cānī | cānōrum | cānārum | cānōrum | |
| dative | cānō | cānae | cānō | cānīs | |||
| accusative | cānum | cānam | cānum | cānōs | cānās | cāna | |
| ablative | cānō | cānā | cānō | cānīs | |||
| vocative | cāne | cāna | cānum | cānī | cānae | cāna | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
See also
| albus, candidus, cānus, marmoreus (poetic), eburneus (poetic), niveus (poetic), argenteus (poetic), lacteus (poetic) | rāvus, pullus, mūrīnus (of livestock) | niger, āter, furvus, fuscus ("swarthy"), piceus (poetic) |
| ruber, russus, rūbidus (dark), flammeus (poetic); rutilus, pūniceus, spādīx (poetic), sanguineus (poetic) | rūfus, rutilus, rōbus (of oxen), croceus (poetic), aureus (poetic); fulvus (poetic), niger (of eyes), badius (of horses) | lūteus, flāvus ("blond"), lūridus, gilvus (of horses), helvus (of cattle); cēreus (poetic) |
| viridis, flāvus (poetic) | viridis, herbeus (of eyes), fulvus (poetic) | viridis, glaucus (poetic), caeruleus (poetic, only dark) |
| glaucus (poetic), caeruleus, caesius (of eyes) | caeruleus, līvidus, ferrūgineus (poetic), glaucus (poetic) | |
| violāceus | purpureus (underlying shade) | roseus |
References
- “canus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “canus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "canus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “canus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.