canus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkaː.nus/, [ˈkäːnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.nus/, [ˈkäːnus]
Adjective
[edit]cānus (feminine cāna, neuter cānum); first/second-declension adjective
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]| albus, candidus, subalbus, niveus, cēreus, marmoreus, eburneus, cānus, blancus (ML.) | glaucus, rāvus, pullus, cinereus, cinerāceus, plumbeus, grīseus (ML. or NL.) | niger, āter, piceus, furvus |
| ruber, rūbidus, rūfus, rubicundus, russus, rubrīcus, pūniceus, murrinus, mulleus; cocceus, coccīnus, badius | rutilus, armeniacus, aurantius, aurantiacus; fuscus, suffuscus, colōrius, cervīnus, spādīx, castaneus, aquilus, fulvus, brunneus (ML.) | flāvus, sufflāvus, flāvidus, fulvus, lūteus, gilvus, helvus, croceus, pallidus, blondinus (ML.) |
| galbus, galbinus, lūridus | viridis | prasinus |
| cȳaneus | caeruleus, azurīnus (ML.), caesius, blāvus (LL.) | glaucus; līvidus; venetus |
| violāceus, ianthinus, balaustīnus (NL.) | ostrīnus, amethystīnus | purpureus, ātropurpureus, roseus, rosāceus |
References
[edit]- “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’s 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.