canentem
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. - Entry →canens, (gen.), canentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
gray, grayish; white, hoary;
acc. sg. (m./f.) - 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.
Examples
Satura II
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...uexat censura columbas.' fugerunt trepidi uera ac manifesta canentem Stoicidae; quid enim falsi Laronia? sed quid non facient..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...validus materiae quoque ostendunt, maxima bella et clarissimos canentem duces et epici carminis onera lyra sustinentem. Reddit enim..."
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...tertia viderat aetas magnanimos Minyas Argoaque vela canentem. illius et dites monitis spondentibus Indi et centumgeminae Lagea novalia..."
Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...umbra, quam pater omnipotens digna atque indigna canentem spargentemque metus placidis regionibus arcet aetheris. illa fremens habitat..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Thessala reges duceret, hic casus terraeque marisque canentem obstipuere duces, nec me uentura locuto saepius in dubiis auditus..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...sollemni prece Quindecim Virorum perlustra mea dicta, sed canentem ipsam comminus, ut mereris, audi. vidi quam seriem merentis..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...prima transfigurat.quid? maius loquar: ipsa te LatinisAeneis venerabitur canentem. Nec solum dabo carminum nitorem,sed taedis genialibus dicabodoctam..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...sororum dum canit et maestum Musa solatur amorem, canentem molli pluma duxisse senectam linquentem terras et sidera voce..."
