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canus

canus

Latin

Adjective

cānus m ‎(feminine cāna, neuter cānum); first/second declension

  1. white
  2. hoary
  3. (of water) frothy
  4. (of hair) gray

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative cānus cāna cānum cānī cānae cāna
genitive cānī cānae cānī cānōrum cānārum cānōrum
dative cānō cānō cānīs
accusative cānum cānam cānum cānōs cānās cāna
ablative cānō cānā cānō cānīs
vocative cāne cāna cānum cānī cānae cāna

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Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kaznos, from Proto-Indo-European *kas- (compare Welsh cannu ‎(“to whiten”), ceinach ‎(“hare”), English hare, Latin cascus ‎(“old”), Old Prussian sasins ‎(“hare”), Pashto [script needed] ‎(soe, “hare”)[Arabic needed], Sanskrit शश ‎(śaśa, “hare”)).

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