caniformis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ka.niˈfoːr.mis/, [känɪˈfoːrmɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ka.niˈfor.mis/, [käniˈfɔrmis]

Adjective

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

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

Declension

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

• Translingual: Caniformia

References

• “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.