canentia
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. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part. - Entry →canens, (gen.), canentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
gray, grayish; white, hoary;
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.) - 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. pl. pres. act. part.nom. pl. pres. act. part.voc. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...canens silvis genitor celarat Halaesum; ut senior leto canentia lumina solvit, iniecere manum Parcae telisque sacrarunt Evandri. quem..."Liber II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...molle siler lentaeque genistae, populus et glauca canentia fronde salicta; pars autem posito surgunt de semine, ut altae..."
