canicae
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks. Cognate with English honey, Albanian qengjë (“beehive”) and Ancient Greek κνῆκος (knêkos, “safflower”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.ni.kae̯/, [ˈkänɪkäe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.ni.t͡ʃe/, [ˈkäːnit͡ʃe]
Noun[edit]
canicae f pl (genitive canicārum); first declension (plural only)
- a kind of bran
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | canicae |
| Genitive | canicārum |
| Dative | canicīs |
| Accusative | canicās |
| Ablative | canicīs |
| Vocative | canicae |
References[edit]
- canicae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “canicae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press