Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
Canis
‖
Ca′nis
(kă′nĭs)
, Noun.
pl.
Canes
(-nēz)
. [L., a dog.]
(Zool.)
A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family
Canidæ
, including the dogs and wolves. ‖Canis major
[L., larger dog]
, a constellation to the southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star.
– ‖Canis minor
[L., smaller dog]
, a constellation to the east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first magnitude.
Definition 2024
Canis
Canis
See also: canis
Translingual
Canis - phylogenetic relationship of some species
Proper noun
Canis m
Hypernyms
- (genus): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Eutheria - infraclass; Epitheria - magnorder; Laurasiatheria - superorder; Carnivora - order; Caniformia - suborder; Canidae - family; Caninae - subfamily; Canini - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Canis lupus (wolf, dog, dingo) - type species; Canis adustus (side-striped jackal), Canis anthus (African golden wolf), Canis aureus (golden jackal, Eurasian golden jackal), Canis hallstromi, Canis himalayensis, Canis latrans (coyote), Canis lycaon, Canis mesomelas (black-backed jackal), Canis rufus (red wolf), Canis simensis (Ethiopean wolf) - other extant species; †Canis dirus (dire wolf), †Canis ferox, †Canis ursinus - extinct species
Derived terms
Translations
canis
canis
See also: Canis
Latin
canis (a dog)
Noun
canis m, f (genitive canis); third declension
- a dog (animal)
- Petronius
- Cave canem.
- Beware of the dog.
- Cave canem.
- Petronius
- a dog (foul person)
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | canis | canēs |
| genitive | canis | canum |
| dative | canī | canibus |
| accusative | canem | canēs |
| ablative | cane | canibus |
| vocative | canis | canēs |
Related terms
Related terms
|
Descendants
Adjective
canīs
- dative masculine plural of canus
- dative feminine plural of canus
- dative neuter plural of canus
- ablative masculine plural of canus
- ablative feminine plural of canus
- ablative neuter plural of canus
References
- canis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- canis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CANIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “canis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
-
(ambiguous) to keep horses, dogs: alere equos, canes
-
(ambiguous) to keep horses, dogs: alere equos, canes
- canis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, p. 87.