Caninius

Latin

Etymology

From canīnus (“canine”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈniː.ni.us/, [käˈniːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.ni.us/, [käˈniːnius]

Proper noun

Canīnius m sg (genitive Canīniī or Canīnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Caninius Rebilus, a Roman general

Declension

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

• Canīnia
• Canīniānus

Descendants

• Ancient Greek: Κανίνιος (Kanínios)

References

• “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.