caninus

English

Noun

caninus (plural canini)

1. The caninus muscle.

Anagrams

• Sunnaic

Latin

Etymology

From canis (“dog”) +‎ -īnus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈniː.nus/, [käˈniːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈni.nus/, [käˈniːnus]

Adjective

canīnus (feminine canīna, neuter canīnum); first/second-declension adjective

1. canine; of or pertaining to a dog.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	canīnus	canīna	canīnum		canīnī	canīnae	canīna
Genitive	canīnī	canīnae	canīnī		canīnōrum	canīnārum	canīnōrum
Dative	canīnō		canīnō		canīnīs
Accusative	canīnum	canīnam	canīnum		canīnōs	canīnās	canīna
Ablative	canīnō	canīnā	canīnō		canīnīs
Vocative	canīne	canīna	canīnum		canīnī	canīnae	canīna

Synonyms

• canārius

Derived terms

• littera canina (meaning dog's letter)
• pseudocaninus

Related terms

• canātim
• canīcula
• canīculāris
• caniformis
• canis

Descendants

• Catalan: caní
• English: canine
• French: canin
• Galician: caíño
• Italian: canino
• Malay: kanin
• Portuguese: cainho, canino
• Romanian: canin
• Spanish: canino

References

• “caninus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caninus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• caninus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.