Caninius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From canīnus (“canine”) + -ius.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈniː.ni.us/, [käˈniːniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈni.ni.us/, [käˈniːnius]
Proper noun edit
Canīnius m sg (genitive Canīniī or Canīnī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Gaius Caninius Rebilus, a Roman general
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Canīnius |
| Genitive | Canīniī Canīnī1 |
| Dative | Canīniō |
| Accusative | Canīnium |
| Ablative | Canīniō |
| Vocative | Canīnī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Ancient Greek: Κανίνιος (Kanínios)
References edit
- “Caninius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Caninius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.