canities
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English
Etymology
From Latin cānitiēs (“gray hair, old age”).
Pronunciation
Noun
canities (uncountable)
References
- ^ “canities”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “canities”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- ^ Gould, George Milbry, Scott, Richard John Ernst (1919) The Practitioner's Medical Dictionary, Third Edition, page 186
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
cānus (“hoary, gray”) + -itiēs
Noun
cānitiēs f (genitive cānitiēī); fifth declension
Declension
Fifth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cānitiēs | cānitiēs |
| genitive | cānitiēī | cānitiērum |
| dative | cānitiēī | cānitiēbus |
| accusative | cānitiem | cānitiēs |
| ablative | cānitiē | cānitiēbus |
| vocative | cānitiēs | cānitiēs |
- As with most fifth-declension nouns, only singular forms are attested in Classical Latin.
References
- “canities”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “canities”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- canities in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.