canas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cano, canere, cani, canitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Later
sing, celebrate, chant; crow; recite; play (music)/sound (horn); foretell;
sg. pres. act. subj. 2nd - Entry →canus, cana, canum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
white, gray; aged, old, wise; hoary; foamy, white-capped; white w/snow/frost;
acc. pl. (f.)
Examples
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...durescere ualles.utque habuit ripas Sicoris camposque reliquit 130primum cana salix madefacto uimine paruamtexitur in puppem caesoque inducta iuuencouectoris..."Liber I
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...mare fert Ararim, qua montibus ardua summisgens habitat cana pendentes rupe Cebennas. 435tu quoque laetatus conuerti proelia, Treuir..."Liber III
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...nubila nimbis aspergunt neque nix acri concreta pruina cana cadens violat semper[que] innubilus aether integit et large..."Satura XIV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...iure natantis mergere ficedulas didicit nebulone parente et cana monstrante gula. cum septimus annus transierit puerum, nondum omni..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...esse comis. XXVII Sapo. Si mutare paras longaevos cana capillos, Accipe Mattiacas - quo tibi calva? - pilas. XXVIII Umbella..."Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Portabat uxor rufa crinibus septem Et cum sorore cana mater ingenti. Furias putavi nocte Ditis emersas..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...pallida donabit glaucina, Cosme, tibi, Paestano violas et cana ligustra colono, Hyblaeis apibus Corsica mella dabit: sed tamen..."Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quia haec mihi dedisti. CLE. Eho tu, nili, cana culex: uix teneor, quin quae decent te dicam. Senecta..."