Latin edit

Etymology edit

From canis (dog) +‎ -fōrmis (having the form of).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

canifōrmis (neuter canifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. having the form of a dog, dog-shaped

Declension edit

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative canifōrmis canifōrme canifōrmēs canifōrmia
Genitive canifōrmis canifōrmium
Dative canifōrmī canifōrmibus
Accusative canifōrmem canifōrme canifōrmēs
canifōrmīs
canifōrmia
Ablative canifōrmī canifōrmibus
Vocative canifōrmis canifōrme canifōrmēs canifōrmia

Descendants edit

  • Translingual: Caniformia

References edit

  • caniformis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • caniformis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.