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caninus

caninus

Latin

Adjective

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

canine; of or pertaining to a dog.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	canīnus	canīna	canīnum		canīnī	canīnae	canīna
genitive	canīnī	canīnae	canīnī		canīnōrum	canīnārum	canīnōrum
dative	canīnō	canīnae	canīnō		canīnīs
accusative	canīnum	canīnam	canīnum		canīnōs	canīnās	canīna
ablative	canīnō	canīnā	canīnō		canīnīs
vocative	canīne	canīna	canīnum		canīnī	canīnae	canīna

Derived terms

littera canina (meaning dog's letter)

Related terms

Descendants

Catalan: caní
English: canine
French: canin
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
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “caninus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.