Latin edit

Etymology edit

From cānus (gray) +‎ -ūtus (adjective-forming suffix). Attested in the Philoxenus Glossary, composed in the sixth century CE.

Adjective edit

cānūtus (feminine cānūta, neuter cānūtum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin)

  1. grayed, grey-haired

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cānūtus cānūta cānūtum cānūtī cānūtae cānūta
Genitive cānūtī cānūtae cānūtī cānūtōrum cānūtārum cānūtōrum
Dative cānūtō cānūtō cānūtīs
Accusative cānūtum cānūtam cānūtum cānūtōs cānūtās cānūta
Ablative cānūtō cānūtā cānūtō cānūtīs
Vocative cānūte cānūta cānūtum cānūtī cānūtae cānūta

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: cãnut
    • Romanian: cărunt
  • Italo-Western Romance:

References edit

  • canutus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • canutus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • canutus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • canutus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016