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Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
littera canīna f (genitive litterae canīnae); first declension
- the letter R (literally dog's letter, after its trilled pronunciation in Latin)
c. 62 CE,
Persius,
Saturae 1.108–110:
- Vide sis ne maiorum tibi forte limina frigescant: sonat hic de nare canina littera.
- Take care the thresholds of the great don’t grow chilly towards you: this is where you’ll hear the snarl of a dog’s rrrr.
Declension
First-declension noun with a first-declension adjective.