canens
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;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part. - Entry →canens, (gen.), canentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
gray, grayish; white, hoary;
acc. sg. (n.)nom. sg. (all)voc. sg. (all) - 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);
acc. sg. pres. act. part.nom. sg. pres. act. part.voc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...haud illic tacito mala uota susurroconcipiunt, nam fixa canens mutandaque nulli 105mortales optare uetat; iustisque benignussaepe dedit sedem..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...forma in proximo sedens repente apparuit harundine canens; ad quem audiendum cum praeter pastores plurimi etiam ex stationibus..."
Liber Quintus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...sontibus impulsus Furiis. ubi Tiphys? ubi Idmon fata canens? ubi monstriferae par ille novercae? te sine, Thespiade..."
Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...ruit qualisve redit venatibus actis lustra pater Triviamque canens umeroque Learchum advehit, at miserae declinant lumina Thebae. iamque..."
Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...validas stridore fores rapiturque per urbem talia voce canens: 'linque o mihi caede madentem, Bacche, domum! sine foedatum..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...sidera iam nullos uisurus Ialmenus ortus, Sidonium paeana canens; huic languida ceruix in laeuum cogente deo, mediaque iacebant..."
Liber Septimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...fugae. nec monstra tenent, quae plurima nectit prodigiale canens certi fors praeuia fati. quippe serunt diros monitus uolucresque..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...uolucres, nocturnaeque gemunt striges et feralia bubo damna canens. quae prima deum portenta sequamur? hisne dari, Thymbraee, polum..."
