Canius

Latin

Etymology

From cānus (“hoary”) +‎ -ius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.ni.us/, [ˈkäːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ni.us/, [ˈkäːnius]

Proper noun

Cānius m sg (genitive Cāniī or Cānī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Gaius Canius, a Roman knight

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cānius
Genitive	Cāniī Cānī1
Dative	Cāniō
Accusative	Cānium
Ablative	Cāniō
Vocative	Cānī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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