cancer, canceris:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 2nd
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
crab; Cancer (zodiac); the_South; summer heat; cancer, disease, tumor, canker;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cancer | cancera |
| Gen. | canceris | cancerum, cancerium |
| Dat. | canceri | canceribus |
| Acc. | cancer | cancera |
| Voc. | cancer | cancera |
| Abl. | cancere | canceribus |
Examples
- T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...vide, ut transversus, non proversus cedit, quasi cancer solet. 955 IV.ii BALLIO Minus malum hunc hominem esse opinor..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...uidet quodcumque timuit: transtulit Iuno feras. ambit peremptus cancer ardentem plagam Libyaeque sidus fertur et messes alit; annum..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...mari et in terra multa possideo; nam cancer et hoc et illoc quadrat. Et ideo iam dudum nihil..." - P
Metamorphoses II
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...amisso sanguine venae; utque malum late solet inmedicabile cancer serpere et inlaesas vitiatis addere partes, sic letalis hiems..."