cane
Dictionary entries
- Entry →canes, canis:
Common · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Early
- Field:
- Agriculture
dog; hound; subordinate; "jackal"; dog-star/fish; lowest dice throw; clamp;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg. - 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. imp. 2nd - Entry →canus, cani:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
gray hairs (pl.); old age;
voc. sg. - 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;
voc. sg. (m.) - Entry →caneo, canere, canui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be/become covered in white; be hoary, be white/gray (with age);
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
- T
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...pessuma primariam? PAN. Stultitiast, pater, venatum ducere invitas canes. hostis est uxor, invita quae viro nuptum datur..." - T
Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...COLL. Cum praeda hic hodie incedet venator domum: canes compellunt in plagas lepide lupum. LYC. Quis..." - T
Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quemquem aspexerat. itaque adeo iure coepta appellari est canes. MAT. Non ego istaec flagitia possum perpeti..." - T
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...uenator tu quidem es: Dies atque noctes cum cane aetatem exigis. LY. Quid agit? quid loquitur tecum..." - P
Phormio
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...insanum scripsit adulescentulum cervam videre fugere et sectari canes et eam plorare, orare ut subveniat sibi. quod..." - P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...aliquod studium adiungant, aut equos alere aut canes ad venandum aut ad philosophos, horum ille nil egregie praeter..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...seruari, scelerisque fidem quaesisse tyrannum. nam corpus Phariaene canes auidaeque uolucres distulerint, an furtiuus, quem uidimus, ignis soluerit..." - T
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...magis et inhiavit acrius lupus, observavit dum dormitarent canes: gregem universum voluit totum avortere. CAL. Fecisset edepol..."
