canities
English
Etymology
From Latin cānitiēs (“gray hair, old age”).
Noun
canities (uncountable)
- (uncommon, medicine) The condition of having gray hair.
- 1896, George M. Gould, Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine:
- Voigtel mentions the occurrence of canities almost suddenly.
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Anagrams
- Cainites, seitanic
Latin
Alternative forms
- cānitia
Noun
cānitiēs f (genitive cānitiēī); fifth declension
- hoar; hoariness ; a grayish-white color
- grey hair
- old age
Inflection
Fifth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cānitiēs | cānitiēs |
| Genitive | cānitiēī | cānitiērum |
| Dative | cānitiēī | cānitiēbus |
| Accusative | cānitiem | cānitiēs |
| Ablative | cānitiē | cānitiēbus |
| Vocative | cānitiēs | cānitiēs |
References
- canities in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- canities in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- canities in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette