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Dictionary entries

  • canus, cani:

    Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
    Field:
    Bio/medical

    = gray hairs (pl.); old age;

    Entry →
    nom. sg.
  • 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;

    Entry →
    nom. sg. (m.)

Examples

  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber X

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...Voce ut loquatur psittacus coturnicis Et concupiscat esse Canus ascaules? Procul a libellis nigra sit meis fama, Quos..."
  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber I

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...Nutha, quae uincit niues. At cum December canus et bruma impotens Aquilone rauco mugiet, aprica repetes Tarraconis litora..."
  • L

    de Tranquillitate Animi

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI

    "...putas mea interesse supra terram an infra putrescam." Canus Iulius, uir in primis magnus, cuius admirationi..."
  • G

    SATIRICON LIBER

    Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)

    "...ventis litigo, intravit pinacothecam senex canus, exercitati vultus et qui videretur nescio quid magnum promittere, sed cultu..."
  • G

    Appendix Perottina

    Gaius Phaedrus

    "...uocatus, iaceo ad lucem in semita.emerui libertatem, canus seruio.Vllius essem culpae mihi si conscius,aequo animo ferrem. Nunquam..."

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