canicae

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kn̥h₂ónks. Cognate with English honey, Albanian qengjë (beehive) and Ancient Greek κνῆκος (knêkos, safflower).

Pronunciation

Noun

canicae f pl (genitive canicārum); first declension (plural only)

  1. a kind of bran

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

References

  • 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