caninus Latin · revision 33351

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *ḱuōn}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [kaˈniː.nʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [kaˈniː.nus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''canīnus''' (feminine canīna, neuter canīnum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|canis|-īnus|t1=dog]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains [[m|la|canis]] as an old consonant stem, older nominative ⟨canēs⟩, going back to [[itc-pro|*kō]] and [[ine-pro|*ḱuōn|t=dog]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[sa|श्वा|tr=śvā́]], [[grc|κύων|tr=kúōn]], [[sga|cú]] and [[lt|šuõ]], all meaning “dog”.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Plautus on.^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL) In the ''Casina'' a character hopes that a ''scaeva canina'', an omen from a dog, will turn out better.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means belonging to a dog or fit for a dog, as dog's milk in Ovid and Juvenal's coarse bread for dogs;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Varro calls a meal without wine a dog's lunch.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) From this it is dog-like: Lucilius speaks of the dog-like sound of R, Sallust quotes Appius on a snarling, abusive eloquence, and Persius calls R the dog's letter for its snarl.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Quintilian and Lactantius also speak of a snarling eloquence.^(Lewis & Short 1879) ''Dēns canīnus'' is a canine tooth, in Varro, Celsus, Columella and Pliny the Elder,^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) and the adjective names wild kinds of plants, such as a nettle and a rose.^(OLD 2012) Jerome uses it of beastly marriages, and Augustine calls the Cynics ''caninī philosophī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of an omen from a dog.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius, of a dog-like sound.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Columella, of canine teeth.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English [[m|en|canine]], first of a pointed tooth.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or belonging to a [[m|en|dog]], fit for a dog, [[m|en|canine]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Like a dog's; of speech, snarling, abusive.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''dēns canīnus'': a canine tooth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # Of plants: of a wild kind.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''canīna littera'': the letter R.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[canīna]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[canis]]

+ * [[canīcula]]

+ * [[en|canine]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}