caninus
English
Noun
caninus (plural canini)
- The caninus muscle.
Anagrams
- Sunnaic
Latin
Etymology
From canis (“dog”) + -īnus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈniː.nus/, [kaˈniː.nʊs]
Adjective
canīnus (feminine canīna, neuter canīnum); first/second declension
- canine; of or pertaining to a dog.
Inflection
First/second declension.
| 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 | canīnae | canīnō | canīnīs | canīnīs | canīnīs | |
| Accusative | canīnum | canīnam | canīnum | canīnōs | canīnās | canīna | |
| Ablative | canīnō | canīnā | canīnō | canīnīs | canīnīs | canīnīs | |
| Vocative | canīne | canīna | canīnum | canīnī | canīnae | canīna | |
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