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canina, caninae:

Feminine · Noun · 1st declension · variant: 1st

Frequency:
Very Rare
Dictionary:
Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
Field:
Agriculture

= dog flesh/meat; [canis caninam non est => dog does not eat dog/is not dog meat];

Inflections

CaseSingularPlural
Nom.
canina
caninae
Gen.
caninae
caninarum
Dat.
caninae
caninis
Acc.
caninam
caninas
Voc.
canina
caninae
Abl.
canina
caninis

Examples

  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber X

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...exul et clivi, Interque raucos ultimus rogatores Oret caninas panis inprobi buccas; Illi December longus et madens bruma..."
  • M

    Liber XII

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...causa exiget credam. IX. Ea est enim prorsus "canina", ut ait Appius, "eloquentia", cognituram male dicendi subire: quod..."
  • G

    FRAGMENTA HISTORIARUM

    Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)

    "...bellum coacti sunt. Diu noctuque laborare, festinare. Canina, ut ait Appius, facundia exercebatur. In nuda, in tecta corpora..."

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