caniceps

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Latin

Etymology

New Latin; from cānus (“gray”) +‎ -ceps (“headed”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkaː.ni.keps/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ni.t͡ʃeps/,

Adjective

cāniceps (genitive cānicipitis); third-declension one-termination adjective

(New Latin) gray-headed

Usage notes

Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet and thus not normally in inflected forms other than the nominative singular.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	cāniceps			cānicipitēs	cānicipitia
genitive	cānicipitis			cānicipitium
dative	cānicipitī			cānicipitibus
accusative	cānicipitem	cāniceps		cānicipitēs	cānicipitia
ablative	cānicipitī			cānicipitibus
vocative	cāniceps			cānicipitēs	cānicipitia

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