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† cāmus, i, m., = κημός (Dor. καμός).

  1. I. A muzzle for horses (only in eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Psa. 31, 9; Ambros. Hex. 6, 3.
  2. * II. Perh. a kind of collar for the neck, Non. p. 200, 16 (Trag. Rel. v. 302 Rib.).
    3. ‡† cana, Gr. (*κάνεον, plur. κάνεα κάνη, a wicker basket) for canistra, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 45 Müll.

cānăba (or cannăba), ae, f. [kindr. with κάναβος and κάννα; acc. to others, with καλύβη], a hovel, hut, Aug. Serm. 61, de Temp.; Inscr. Orell. 39; 4077.

cānăbŭla, ae, f. dim. [canaba], a small hovel, Auct. Limit. p. 257 Goes.

Cănăcē, ēs, f., = Κανάκη.

  1. I. Daughter of Æolus, who, living in incest with her brother Macareus, bore a son to him, and was forced by her father to kill herself, Ov. H. 11; id. Tr. 2, 384.
  2. II. The name of a dog, Ov. M. 3, 217; Hyg. Fab. 181.

* cănăchēni, ōrum, m., a class of thieves, Arn. 6, p. 207 dub.; cf. Öhler ad h. l.

Cănăchus, i, m., = Κάναχος, the name of two artists of Sicyon, Cic. Brut. 18, 70; Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 50.

Canae, ārum, f., = Κάναι, a town on the coast of Æolis, opposite Mytilene, now Kanot-Koli, Liv. 36, 45, 8; cf. Mel. 1, 18; Plin. 5, 30, 32, § 122.

cănālĭcĭus, a, um, v. canaliensis.

‡ Cănālĭcŏlae, ārum, m., poor or lazy people who used to lounge near the Forum, at a place called the Canalis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 45 Müll.

cănālĭcŭlātus, a, um, adj. [canaliculus], like a channel or pipe, channelled, Plin. 19, 7, 36, § 119; 27, 9, 55, § 78.

cănālĭcŭlus, i, m. (cănālĭcŭla, ae, f. (ante- and post-class.), Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 14; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 198, 7; Gell. 17, 11, 2; cf. canalis), dim. [canalis], a small channel, pipe, or gutter.

  1. I. A water-channel, Vitr. 10, 14 fin.; Col. 8, 15, 6.
  2. II. A channel of a triglyph, Vitr. 4, 3.
  3. III. The channel or groove of a catapult, Vitr. 10, 15.
  4. IV. In surgery, a splint for broken bones, Cels. 8, 2 fin.

cănālĭensis, e, and cănālĭcĭus, a, um, adj. [canalis], dug out of shafts or pits: aurum, quod puteis foditur canalicium vocant, alii canaliense, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68; absol. (sc. aurum), id. 33, 4, 23, § 80.

cănālis, is, m. (rarely ante- and postclass., f., Cato, R. R. 18, 6; Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 2; 3, 7, 8; 3, 11, 2; Auct. Aetn. 127 and 149; cf. the dim. canaliculus, etc., Rudd. I. p. 25, n. 35) [kindr. with Sanscr. root khan, fodere, perfodere; Gr. χαίνω, χανῶ; Germ. gähnen, to yawn; or cf. canna, a pipe, reed; Fr. canale; Engl. canal; Sp. cañon].

  1. I. In gen., a pipe, groove, channel, whether open or closed, esp. a water-pipe or channel, a conduit, a canal, Cato, R. R. l. l.; Varr. R. R. l. l.; Verg. G. 3, 330; Caes. B. C. 2, 10; Verg. G. 4, 265; Liv. 23, 31, 9; Suet. Claud. 20; Vitr. 8, 7; Plin. 6, 22, 24, § 82; Stat. S. 1, 2, 205; Auct. Aetn. 127 al.
    Of a channel or trench in mines, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 69.
    Of the windpipe: animae, Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 29.
    Of the cervix vulvae, Cels. 4, 1, § 38.
    Of a sewer running to the cloaca: (fore) in medio propter canalem, Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 15; cf. canalicolae.
    1. B. Trop. (not in Cic.), of vision: (pupillae) angustiae non sinunt vagari incertam aciem ac velut canali dirigunt, Plin. 11, 37, 55, § 148; cf.: cujus limine transmeato … jam canale directo perges ad regiam, App. M. 6, p. 180, 19.
      And of the flow of speech: pleniore canali fluere, Quint. 11, 3, 167: certo canali cuncta decurrere, Gallicanus ap. Non. p. 198, 5.
  2. II. Esp.
    1. A. In architecture, the groove or fluting upon Ionic capitals, Vitr. 3, 5, 7.—
    2. B. The channel for missiles in a catapult, Vitr. 10, 13, 7.
    3. C. In surgery, a splint for holding broken bones together, Cels. 8, 10, § 65 sq.
    4. D. A household utensil of unknown form and use, Dig. 33, 7, 12, § 21.
    5. E. A musical instrument, the reed-pipe, Calp. Ecl. 4, 76.

cănārĭus, a, um, adj. [canis],

  1. I. of or pertaining to dogs, dog-: augurium, i. e. in which dogs were offered, Auct. ap. Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 14; Fest. s. v. rutilae, p. 285 Müll. (cf. Ov. F. 4, 936; Col. 10, 342 sq.; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. catularia, p. 45 Müll.): herba, a kind of grass; acc. to Sprengel, fingerformed panic: Panicum dactylon, Linn.: lappa, Plin. 24, 19, 116, § 176.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. As adj. prop.: Cănārĭa insula, one of the Insulae Fortunatae in the Atlantic Ocean, so called from its large dogs, Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 205; Sol. 56, 17.
      Plur.: Canariae insulae, the Canary islands, Arn. 6, 5.
    2. B. As nom. prop.: Cănārii, ōrum, m., a voracious people of Mauritania, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 15.

‡ cānaster, μιξοπόλιος, half-gray, grizzled, Gloss. Gr. Lat. [canus].

‡ cănātim, adv. [canis], in the manner of a dog, like a dog, κυνηδόν, Nigid. ap. Non. p. 40, 26.

† cancămum, i, n., = κάγκαμον, an Arabian gum used for incense: Amyris Kataf, Forsk.; Plin. 12, 20, 44, § 98.

1. cancellārĭus, ii, m. [cancelli; Engl. chancellor] (late Lat.).

  1. I. A kind of porter, door-keeper, Vop. Carin. 16.
  2. II. A secretary, Cassiod. Var. 11, 6.

2. cancellārĭus, a, um, adj. [cancelli], living or kept behind bars: turdus, Schol. Pers. 6, 24.

cancellātim, adv. [cancellatus, cancello], lattice-formed, trellis-like (post-Aug.; most freq. in Plin. the elder), Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 81; 9, 33, 52, § 103; 11, 37, 79, § 201; Sid. Ep. 5, 17.

cancellātĭo, ōnis, f. [cancello], in the agrimensores, the fixing of boundaries, the measuring of land, Front. Col. p. 109 Goes.; Sicul. Flacc. p. 16.

cancelli, ōrum (sing. cancellus, Dig. 43, 24, 9, § 1), m. dim. [2. cancer],

  1. I. a lattice, enclosure, grating, grate, balustrade, bars, railings: ( = κιγκλίδες; Latini tamen cancellos non tantum fores τοῦ δικαστηρίου, sed etiam omne consaeptum appellant, Salmas. Hist. Aug. p. 483) scenici et theatri, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 4: aenei rivorum, Col. 8, 17, 6; the bar in a court of justice, Cic. Verr 2, 3, 59, § 135: tantus ex fori cancellis plausus excitatus, the barrier in public spectacles, id. Sest. 58, 124: circi, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 64: aedium, Dig. 30, 41, § 10; 33, 7, 12, § 26: fenestrarum, Aug. Trin. 11, 2: saepta cancellorum, Amm. 30, 4, 19.
    Of the reticulated skin of the elephant, Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 30; cf. cancello.
    1. B. Trop., boundaries, limits (so perh. only in Cic.): si extra hos cancellos egredi conabor, quos mihi ipse circumdedi, Cic. Quint. 10, 36: esse certam rerum forensibus cancellis circumscriptam scientiam, id. de Or. 1, 12, 52: severitatis, Cod. Th. 1, 12, 8.
  2. II. Meton., the space enclosed by boundaries, Auct. B. Afr. 15 fin.

cancello, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [cancelli] (post-Aug.).

  1. I. In gen., to make like a lattice, to lattice: solum, i. e. with vines, Col. 4, 2, 2: cancellata cutis (elephanti), Plin. 8, 10, 10, § 30; cf. cancelli: cancellato bracchiorum implexu, id. 9, 51, 74, § 164.
  2. II. Esp., in the Lat. of the jurists, to strike out a writing lattice-wise (Χ), to strike or cross out, to cancel: testamentum, Dig. 28, 4, 2: chirographum, ib. 22, 3, 24: tabulae cautionesque cancellatae, ib. 47, 2, 84; 2, 14, 47, § 2; 29, 1, 15, § 1; Cod. 6, 33, 3.

cancellōsus, a, um, adj. [cancelli], covered with bars or a railing: postes, Cassiod. Var. 5, 42.

cancellus, i, m., v. cancelli.

1. cancer, cri (gen. canceris, Lucr. 5, 616; Arn. 1, p. 30; acc. plur. canceres, Cato, R. R. 157, 3), m. (neutr. Claudius, Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P.; Scrib. Comp. 206 and 240) [cf. καρκίνος; root kar-, to be hard; whence κάρυον, cornu], a crab, a river-crab, sea-crab.

  1. I. Lit., Plin. 9, 31, 51, § 97 sq.; 19, 10, 58, § 180; Pall. 1, 35, 7; Ov. M. 15, 369; Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 45; Verg. G. 4, 48; Col. 9, 5, 6: cancer femina, Plin. 32, 10, 46, § 134; Pall. 1, 35, 7.
    1. * B. Meton., hands that cling fast like the claws of crabs: Orci cancri, App. M. 6, p. 176, 26.
  2. II. As nom. propr., the Crab, the sign of the zodiac in which the sun is found at the time of the summer solstice, Lucr. 5, 616; Ov. M. 2, 83; 10, 127; id. F. 6, 727; Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 110; Luc. 10, 259; cf. Hyg. Astr. 2, 23; Macr. S. 1, 17 fin.; acc. to the fable, as an animal hostile to Hercules in the contest with the Lernœan hydra; cf. Hyg. l. l. Hence, Lernaeus, Col. 10, 313.
    1. B. Poet. for the region of the south, the south, Ov. M. 4, 625.
    2. C. To designate great or violent heat, Ov. M. 10, 127.
  3. III. In medicine, a crawling, eating, suppurating ulcer, malignant tumor, a cancer, Cels. 5, 26, 31; 6, 18, 3: malum immedicabile cancer, Ov. M. 2, 825; Cato, R. R. 157, 3; Claud. Quadrig. ap. Prisc. p. 697 P

‡ 2. cancer, cri, m. [root kar-, to bend, twist; whence corona, circus], a lattice, the radical form of cancelli, q. v., Paul. ex Fest. p. 46; cf.: inter Orci cancros, App. M. 6, p. 176, 25.

cancĕrasco, āvi, 3, v. inch. n. [cancer, III.], to become cancerous, be afflicted with a cancer, to suppurate like a cancer (post-class.; only in perf.), Plin. Val. 1, 10; App. Horb. 36; Marc. Emp. 9.
Hence, cancĕrātus, a, um, cancerous: vulnera, Plin. Val. 4, 32: ulcera, id. ib. 4, 51.

* cancĕrātĭcus, a, um, adj. [canceratus, v. cancero], like a cancer, cancerous: foetor, Veg. 3, 43, 1.

† cancĕrōma (contr. cancrōma, Veg. 6, 19, 2; Salv. adv. Avarit. 1, p. 232, and corrupted canchrēma, Veg. 3, 22, 15), ătis, n., = καρκίνωμα, a cancer, App. Herb. 19; 31.

Candăcē, ēs, f., a queen of Meroë, Plin. 6, 29, 35, § 186; gen. is, Vulg. Act. 8, 27.

(candacus or caudacus,) a false read. in Varr. L. L. 7, § 107 Müll. ad h. l.)

Candāvĭa, ae, f., = Κανδαουία, a mountainous district in Illyria, Caes. B. C. 3, 11; 3, 79; Sen. Ep. 31, 8; Plin. 3, 23, 26, § 145; Cic. Att. 3, 7, 3; Luc. 6, 331.

candĕ-făcĭo, fēci, factum, 3, v. a. [candeo].

  1. I. (Cf. candeo. I., and candidus.) To make dazzlingly white (ante- and postclass.): argentum, Gell. 6, 5, 9; and jestingly: ebur atramento candefacere, of an impossibility, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 102; cf. atramentum.
  2. II. To make glowing, to make red hot (very rare, not in Cic.): quae candefieri non possunt, Plin. 33, 3, 20, § 64: lapides candefactos, id. 34, 8, 20, § 96; 25, 10, 76, § 123; Cels. 6, 8, 1.

candĕfīo, v. cande-facio, II.

candēla, ae, f. [candeo; Fr. chandelle, Engl. candle; hence], a light made of wax or tallow, a wax-light, tallow-candle, taper.

  1. I. Lit., Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 727; Col. 2, 22, 3; as a light of the poor, diff. from lucerna, used by the rich, Mart. 14, 43.
    Hence, brevis, Juv. 3, 287: ancilla lucernae, Mart. 14, 40; of peeled rushes, used in funeral processions, Plin. 16, 37, 70, § 178; Pers. 3, 103.
  2. II. Meton.
    1. A. Fire: candelam apponere valvis, to set fire to the doors, Juv. 9, 98 (cf. id. 13, 146).
    2. B. A cord covered with wax (which preserved it from decay): in alterā (arcā) duo fasces candelis involuti septenos habuere libros, Liv. 40, 29, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.; cf. Hem. ap. Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 86; used in cleansing and polishing, Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 122; cf. Vitr. 7, 9, 3.

candēlābrārius, ĭi, m. [candelabrum], a maker of candlesticks or chandeliers, Inscr. Orell. 4157.

candēlābrum, i, n. (old form can-dēlāber, m., like arater for aratrum, acc. to Arn. 1, p. 36: candēlābrus, Petr. 75. 10.
Acc.: candelabrum ardentem, Caecil. Com. Fragm. 111, ap. Non. p. 202, 16) [candela]: in quo figunt candelam candelabrum appellant, Varr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 2, 225; cf. id. L. L. 5, § 119 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 ib.; a candleslick, a branched candlestick, a chandelier, candelabrum, or also lamp-stand, light-stand, sometimes of exquisite workmanship, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 74, § 183; 2, 4, 26, § 60; 2, 4, 28, §§ 64 and 65; Vitr. 7, 5, 3; Quint. 6, 3, 99; Plin. 34, 3, 6, § 11 al.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 727; Mart. 14, 43.

Candēlĭfĕra, ae, f. [candela- fero], Taper-bearer, a goddess supposed to assist at childbirth, for whom a symbolical candle or torch was lighted, Tert. ad Nat. 2, 11.

candens, entis, Part. and P. a., v. candeo.

* candentia, ae, f. [candens], a white, clear lustre, whiteness: lunae, Vitr. 9, 2, 2.

candeo, ui, 2, v. n. [Sanscr candami, to be light; candra, the moon; connected with caneo as ardeo with areo], to be brilliant, glittering, to shine, glitter, glisten (cf. candidus and albus; mostly poet.).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. Verb finit.: candet ebur soliis collucent pocula mensae, Cat. 64, 45: ubi canderet vestis, Hor. S. 2, 6, 103: stellarum turba crasso lumine candet, Manil. 1, 753.
    2. B. Part. and P. a.: candens, entis, = candidus, shining. dazzling, white, bright, glowing: candens lacteus umor, the bright, milky fluid, Lucr. 1, 259: marmor, id. 2, 767: lucidus aër, id. 4, 341: lumen solis, id. 6, 1196: lumen, id. 5, 720: luna, Vitr. 9, 4: ortus, Tib. 4, 1, 65.
      Comp.: candentior Phoebus, Val. Fl. 3, 481.
      Sup.: sidus candentissimum, Sol. 52.
      1. 2. Esp., = albus, white: ut candens videatur et album, Lucr. 2, 771: lana, Cat. 64, 318: lacerti, Tib. 1, 8, 33: umeri, Hor. C. 1, 2, 31: vacca, Verg. A. 4, 61: taurus, id. ib. 5, 236: cygnus candenti corpore, id. ib. 9, 563: candenti elephanto, i. e. ivory, id. ib. 6, 895: saxa, Hor. S. 1, 5, 26: lilia, Ov. M. 12, 411: candida de nigris et de candentibus atra facere, id. ib. 11, 315 al.
  2. II. Transf., to glow with heat, be glowing hot (sometimes also in prose).
    1. A. Verb finit.: siccis aër fervoribus ustus Canduit, Ov. M. 1, 120; Col. 1, 4, 9.
    2. B. Part. and P. a.: ut calidis candens ferrum e fornacibus olim Stridit, as the glowing iron taken from the hot furnace hisses, Lucr. 6, 148; imitated by Ov. M. 9, 170: candenti ferro, Varr. R. R. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 100 P.: Dionysius candente carbone sibi adurebat capillum, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25: candentes laminae, id. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163 (al. ardentes); Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 36: aqua candens, Col. 6, 5, 2 (while Veg. 1, 17, 14, calens aqua).
      1. 2. Trop., glowing with passion, excited (very rare): cum viscera felle canduerint, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 226: numquam Stilicho sic canduit ora, id. Laud. Stil. 2, 82 (both of these examples are by some referred to candesco).

candesco, ui, 3,

  1. I. v. inch. n. [candeo], to become of a bright, glittering white, to begin to glisten or radiate (rare; mostly poet.): ut solet aër candescere solis ab ortu, Ov. M. 6, 49; Tib. 1, 10, 43.
  2. II. To begin to glow, to grow red hot: ferrum candescit in igni, Lucr. 1, 491; Ov. M. 2, 230; Vitr. 7, 9 fin; cf. candeo fin.

†† candētum, i, n., a Gallic word signifying a space of 100 or 150 square feet, Col. 5, 1, 6; cf. Auct. Limit. p. 292 Goes.; Isid. Orig. 15, 15, 6.

(candicantia, ae, a false reading in Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 200; v. Sillig ad h. l.)

candĭco, āre, v. n. [candeo, like albico, from albeo], to be whitish or white (first used by Plin. the elder), Plin. 37, 11, 73, § 189; 34, 12, 32, § 127; App. M. 5, p. 168; Scrib. Comp. 237; Mart. Cap. 1, § 70; 7, § 728; Plin. 11, 16, 16, § 51: candicans vadum, id. 3, praef. § 4: gemma, id. 37, 10, 60, § 169: cardamomum, id. 12, 13, 29, § 50: nube candicante, id. 18, 35, 82, § 356: in ficticiis (geminis) scariphatio omnis candicat, Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 200 Jan. dub.; cf. Sillig ad loc.

‡ candĭdārius pistor, a baker of white bread, Inscr. Murat. 304, 3 [candidus].

* candĭdātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [candidatus], of or pertaining to a candidate for office: munus, Cic. Att. 1, 1, 2.

1. candĭdātus, a, um, adj. [candidus, like albatus, atratus, from albus, ater].

  1. I. In adj. uses,
    1. A. Lit., clothed in white (only in Plaut. and in post-Aug. prose; Cic., Hor., and Plin. use albatus): aequius vos erat Candidatas venire hostiatasque, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 12: mastigia, id. Cas. 2, 8, 10; *Suet. Aug. 98; Prud. στεφ. 1, 67.
    2. B. Trop.: farinulentā cinere sordide candidati homunculi, App. M. 9, p. 222, 33; cf. candido.
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. candĭdātus. i, m., a candidate for office, because clothed in a glittering white toga; cf. Dict. of Antiq. (class. and freq.).
      1. 1. Lit.: praetorius, a candidate for the prœtorship, Cic. Mur. 27, 57: tribunicii, id. Q. Fr. 2, 14 (15), 4; Liv. 4, 6, 10: consulatus, Plin. Pan. 95 fin.; Suet. Caes. 24; id. Aug. 4: aedilitatis ac mox praeturae, id. Vesp. 2: quaesturae, id. Tib. 42: summae equestris gradus, i. e. praefecturae, id. Galb. 14: sacerdotiorum, Sen. Ben. 7, 28, 2.
        From their obsequious demeanor towards the electors, called officiosissima natio candidatorum, Cic. Pis. 23, 55: improbitati irasci candidatorum, id. Mil. 16, 42: aedilitas alicui candidato data, id. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 37: candidatus Caesaris, a candidate especially recommended by Cœsar, Vell. 2, 124, 4; cf. Suet. Caes. 41; id. Aug. 56; Tac. A. 1, 15.
        Hence prov.: petis tamquam Caesaris candidatus, i. e. certain of the result, Quint. 6, 3, 62.
        In the time of the emperors: candidati Principis, quœstors appointed by the emperor himself to read his speeches and rescripts, Dig. 1, 13; Sid. Ep. 2, 80; cf. Tac. A. 16, 27; Suet. Aug. 65; id. Tit. 6.
      2. 2. Trop., he who strives after or aims at a thing, a candidate or a claimant of something (post-Aug.): candidatus non consulatus tantum, sed immortalitatis et gloriae, Plin. Pan. 63, 1: majus est opus atque praestantius, ad quod ipse (sc. orator) tendit, et cujus est velut candidatus, Quint. 12, 2, 27: Atticae eloquentiae, id. prooem. § 13: crucis, i. e. soon to suffer crucifixion, App. M. 1, p. 108: aeternitatis, Tert. Res Carn. 58: philosophiae, Symm. Ep. 1, 41.
    2. B. candĭdāta, ae, f., one who seeks or solicits an office, a candidate (rare and postAug.): sacerdotii, Quint. Decl. 252 fin.

2. candĭdātus, ūs, m. [candidus, ], a candidacy, Cod. Th. 6, 4, 21, § 1.

candĭdē, adv., v. candidus fin.

candĭdo, āvi, 1, v. a. [candidus], to make glittering or bright, to make white (eccl. Lat.): vestimenta sua, Tert. adv. Gnost. 12: albis vestibus candidari, Aug. Ep. 168.
P. a.: candĭdans, antis, brilliantly white, Isid. Orig. 14, 8, 21; cf. 1. candidatus, I. A.

candĭdŭlē, adv., v. candidulus.

candĭdŭlus, a, um, adj dim. [candidus], shining white’ dentes, *Cic. Tusc. 5, 16, 46: grex, Prud. Cath. 3, 157.
* Adv.: candĭdŭlē, in trop. signif. (cf. candidus fin.), candidly, sincerely, Arn. 2, p. 50.

candĭdus, a, um, adj. [candeo], of a shining, dazzling white, white, clear, bright (opp. niger, a glistening black; while albus is a lustreless white, opp. ater, a lustreless black; cf. Serv. ad Verg. G. 3, 82; lsid. Orig. 12, 1, 51; Doed. Syn. III. p. 193 sq.) (class., and in the poets very freq.; in Cic. rare).

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.
      1. 1. Of shining objects, bright: stella splendens candida, Plaut. Rud. prol. 3: sidera, Lucr. 5, 1209: luna, Verg. A. 7, 8: lux clara et candida, Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 49; so, clarā loco luce, Lucr. 5, 777: stellae, Hor. C. 3, 15, 6: color candidus Saturni, Plin. 2, 18, 16, § 79: flamma, Val. Fl. 8, 247: Taurus (the constellation), Verg. G. 1, 217: dies, Ov. Tr. 2, 142: aqua, Mart, 6, 42, 19: lacte, Varr. ap. Non. p. 483, 6; cf. id. ib. p. 169, 14.
      2. 2. Hence, an epithet of the gods or persons transformed to gods: Cupido, radiant, Cat. 68, 134: Liber, Tib. 3, 6, 1: Bassareus, Hor. C. 1, 18, 11 (cf. id. ib. 1, 2, 31): Daphnis, Verg. E. 5, 56 Wagn.
      3. 3. Of birds, animals, etc., white: anser, Lucr. 4, 685: avis, i. e. the stork, Verg. G. 2, 320; cf. Ov. M. 6, 96: ales, i. e. cygnus, Auct. Aetn. 88: candidior cygnis, Verg. E. 7, 38: aries, id. G. 3, 387: agnus, Tib. 2, 5, 38: equi, Tac. G. 10.
      4. 4. Of the dazzling whiteness of snow: altā nive candidum Soracte, Hor. C. 1, 9, 1; 3, 25, 10; Ov. H. 16, 250; id. M. 8, 373.
      5. 5. Of resplendent beauty of person, splendid, fair, beautiful: Dido, Verg. A. 5, 571: Maia, id. ib. 8, 138 Serv.; cf. Serv. ad Verg. E. 5, 56: candidus et pulcher puer, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 4: puella, Cat. 35, 8; Hor. Epod. 11, 27: dux, id. ib. 3, 9: Lampetie, Ov. M. 2, 349: membra, id. ib. 2, 607: cutis, Plin. 2, 78, 80, § 189: pes, Hor. C. 4, 1, 27: umeri, id. ib. 1, 13, 9: bracchia, Prop. 2 (3), 16, 24: colla, id. 3 (4), 17, 29: cervix, Hor. C. 3, 9, 2: ora, Ov. M. 2, 861: sinus, Tib. 1, 10, 68: dentes, Cat. 39, 1 (cf. candidulus) al.
      6. 6. Of the hair, hoary, white (more poet. than canus), Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 27: candidior barba, Verg. E. 1, 29: crinis, Val. Fl. 6, 60; cf.: inducto candida barba gelu, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 22.
      7. 7. Of trees or plants: pōpulus, the white or silver poplar, Verg. E. 9, 41: lilia, id. ib. 6, 708; Prop. 1, 20, 38; Ov. M. 4, 355: folium nivei ligustri, id. ib. 13, 789: piper, Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 26.
      8. 8. Of textile fabrics, sails, dress, etc.: vela, Cat. 64, 235: tentoria, Ov. M. 8, 43: vestis, Liv. 9, 40, 9: toga, made brilliant by fulling (cf. Liv. 4, 25, 13; v. candidatus), Plin. 7, 34, 34, § 120; cf. Titinn. ap. Non. p. 536, 23.
        So Cicero’s oration: In Toga Candida, v. the fragments B. and K. vol. xi. p. 20-25; and the commentary of Asconius, Orell. vol. v. 2, p. 82 sq.
        Sup.: candidissimus color, Vitr. 10, 7; cf. Varr. L. L. 8, § 17 Müll.
    2. B. Opp. niger, Lucr. 2, 733; Verg. E. 2, 16; id. G. 3, 387; Plin. 12, 10, 42, § 92.
      Prov.: candida de nigris et de candentibus atra facere, to make black white, Ov. M. 11, 315; so, acc. to some: nigrum in candida vertere, Juv. 3, 30.
    3. C. In the neutr. absol.: ut candido candidius non est adversum, Quint. 2, 17, 35; and with a gen.: candidum ovi, the white of an egg, Plin. 29, 3, 11, § 40 (twice); cf.: album ovi, under album.
    4. * D. Poet. and causative, of the winds, making clear, cloud-dis-pelling, purifying: Favonii, Hor. C. 3, 7, 1.
    5. E. Also poet. for candidatus (= albatus), clothed in white: turba, Tib. 2, 1, 16: pompa, Ov. F. 2, 654; 4, 906: Roma, i. e. Romani, Mart. 8, 65, 6.
  2. F. Candida sententia = candidi lapilli, Ov. M. 15, 47; v. the pass. in connection, and cf. albus, and calculus, II. D.
  3. G. Candidus calculus, v. calculus, II. E.
    Subst.: candĭda, ae, f., a game or play exhibited by a candidate for office (late Lat.): edere candidam, Ambros. Serm. 81.
  4. II. Trop., pure, clear, serene, clean, spotless, etc.
    1. A. Of the voice, distinct, clear, pure, silver-toned (opp. fuscus), Quint. 11, 3, 15; Plin. 28, 6, 16, § 58; perh. also Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146 (B. and K. with MSS. canorum; cf. Orell. N cr.).
    2. B. Of discourse, clear, perspicuous, flowing, artless, unaffected: elaborant alii in puro et quasi quodam candido genere dicendi, Cic. Or. 16, 53. candidum et lene et speciosum dicendi genus, Quint. 10, 1, 121; Gell. 16, 19, 1.
      And meton. of the orator himself: Messala nitidus et candidus, Quint. 10, 1, 113: dulcis et candidus et fusus Herodotus, id. 10, 1, 73: candidissimum quemque et maxime expositum, id. 2, 5, 19.
    3. C. Of purity of mind, character (poet. and in post-Aug. prose), unblemished, pure, guileless, honest, upright, sincere, fair, candid, frank, open: judex, Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 1 (integer, verax, purus, sine fuco, sine fallaciā, Schol. Crucq.): Maecenas, id. Epod. 14, 5: Furnius, id. S. 1, 10, 86: animae, id. ib. 1, 5, 41: pectore candidus, Ov. P. 4, 14, 43: ingenium, Hor. Epod. 11, 11: habet avunculum quo nihil verius, nihil simplicius, nihil candidius novi, Plin. Ep. 2, 9, 4; Vell. 2, 116, 5: candidissimus omnium magnorum ingeniorum aestimator, Sen. Suas. 6, 22: humanitas, Petr. 129, 11.
    4. D. Of conditions of life, cheerful, joyous, happy, fortunate, prosperous, lucky: convivia, joyful, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 71: nox, id. 2 (3), 15, 1: omina, id. 4 (5), 1, 67: fata, Tib. 3, 6, 30, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 34: dies. id. ib. 2, 142: pax, Tib. 1, 10, 45: natalis, id. 1, 7, 64; Ov. Tr. 5, 5, 14.
      Hence, adv.: candĭdē.
      1. 1. Acc. to I., in dazzling white’ vestitus, Plaut. Cas. 4, 1, 10.
      2. 2. Acc. to II., clearly, candidly, sincerely: candide et simpliciter, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 6, 1; Quint. 12, 11, 8; Petr. 107, 13.
  5. III. As adj. propr: Candidum Promontorium, in Zeugitana, now C. Bianco, Mel. 1, 7, 2; Plin. 5, 4, 3, § 23.

* candĭfĭco, āre, v. a. [candeo-facio], to make dazzlingly white, Aug. Civ. Dei, 21, 7.

* candĭfĭcus, a, um, adj. [candifico], that makes dazzlingly white: pulvisculus, tooth-powder, App. Mag. p. 277.

candor, ōris, m. [candeo, as algor from algeo, etc.].

  1. I. A dazzling, glossy whiteness, a clear lustre, clearness, radiance, brightness, brilliancy, splendor, glitter, etc. (class.): aetherius sol irrigat adsidue caelum candore recenti, Lucr. 5, 283; 4, 232; cf. id. 2, 322: solis candor illustrior est quam ullius ignis, Cic. N. D. 2, 15, 40: Lacteus hic nimio fulgons candore notatur, id. Arat. 249 (493): splendidissimus, id. Rep. 6, 16, 16; cf.: candore notabilis ipso (via lactea), Ov. M. 1, 169: caeli, Cic. Tusc. 1, 28, 68: marmoreus, Lucr. 2, 765: nivalis, Verg. A. 3, 538: equi Qui candore nives anteirent, id. ib. 12, 84: equi candore eximio, Suet. Aug. 64: niveus, Ov. M. 3, 423; and so absol. of the snow: solis aestu candor quom liquesceret, Naev. ap. Non. p. 334, 32: simplex lanarum, Quint. 1, 1, 5: candore tunicarum fulgens acies, Liv. 10, 39, 12: milites candidā veste et paribus candore armis insignes, id. 9, 40, 9.
      1. 2. Of resplendent beauty of person, fairness, beauty: fusus ille et candore mixtus rubor (in Venere Coa), Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75; cf. Ov. M. 3, 491; 10, 594: candor hujus te et proceritas, voltus oculique pepulerunt, Cic. Cael. 15, 36; Tib. 3, 4, 29; Prop. 1, 20, 45; 2 (3), 25, 41; 3 (4), 24, 8 al.; Plin. 34, 18, 54, § 176: dentium, id. 22, 25, 65, § 134.
        In plur.: hujus corporis, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 67: ulnarum nivei marmoreique candores, Arn. 4, 22; cf. id. 7, 20.
    1. B. Trop.
      1. 1. Of discourse.
        1. a. Brilliancy, splendor: fucatus, Cic. Or. 23, 79.
        2. b. In opp. to an artificial manner, affectation (cf. candidus, II. B.), simplicity, naturalness: T. Livius, in narrando mirae jucunditatis clarissimique candoris, Quint. 10, 1, 101 Frotsch.; cf. Spald. ad 2, 5, 19.
      2. 2. Of mind or character, candor, purity, integrity, sincerity, openness, frankness (poet. or in post-Aug. prose): Si vestrum merui candore favorem, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 53: animi, id. ib. 3, 6, 7; 2, 467; id. H. 4, 32; id. P. 2, 5, 5; 3, 4, 13; Phaedr. 3, prol. 63: justus sine mendacio, Vell. 2, 116, 5: tua simplicitas, tua veritas, tuus candor! Plin. Pan. 84.
  2. II. (After candeo, II.) Glow, heat (very rare): aestivus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 219: flammae, Hyg. Astr. 2, 35.

†† candosoccus, i, m. [Gallic]; in husbandry, a layer of a plant; pure Lat. mergus, Col. 5, 5, 16.

1. cānens, entis, P. a., v. caneo init.

2. cănens, entis, Part., v. cano.

3. Cănens, entis, f., daughter of Janus, and wife of Picus, Ov. M. 14, 333 sq.

‡ canentas (Cod. Mon. canentes), an ornament for the head, Paul ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.

cānĕo, ui, 2, v. n. [canus], to be gray or hoary, be white (poet. or in post-Aug. prose); P. a.: cānens, entis, gray, grayish, hoary, white: temporibus geminis canebat sparsa senectus, Verg. A. 5, 416; cf. Tac. G. 31: canens senecta, Verg. A. 10, 192: canet in igne cinis, Ov. A. A. 2, 440: canens gelu, white, id. Tr. 5, 2, 66; Sil. 1, 206; pruina, id. 3, 534: canentia lilia, Ov. M. 12, 411: dum gramina canent, Verg. G. 3, 325; 2, 13: canuerint herbae, Ov. F. 3, 880; Juv. 14, 144; Ov. M. 1, 110 (cf. id. ib. 6, 456; and id. F. 5, 357); Sil. 4, 362.

† Cănēphŏrŏs (-phŏra, ae, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 70), f., = Κανηφόρος, ἡ (she that bears a basket, v. κανηφόρος, and cf. Hor. S. 1, 3, 10; Ov. M. 2, 711 sq.), paintings or statues of Greek artists, representing Athenian maidens, who, in the festivals of Juno, Diana, Minerva, Ceres, and Bacchus, bore different sacred utensils in wicker baskets (κάνη) on their heads; nom. sing. Canephoros (a work of Scopas), Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 25.
Nom. plur. Canephoroe = κανηφόροι (cf.: Adelphoe, arctoe, etc.), Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5 Zumpt N. cr.
Acc. plur. Canephoros, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 3, § 5; 2, 4, 8, § 18 Zumpt N. cr.; cf. Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 70.
A collat. Latinized form, Canifera, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 65 Müll.

cănes, is, v. canis.

cānesco. ĕre, v. inch. n. [caneo]. to grow white, whiten.

  1. I. Lit., to become gray or hoary: pabula canescunt (sc. calore), Ov. M. 2, 212; Plin. 31, 10, 46, § 106: canescant aequora remis, Ov. H. 3, 65: canescunt tecta, id. Am. 1, 8, 52; Col. 3, 2, 12: capilli canescunt, Plin. 30, 15, 46, § 134; 7, 2, 2, § 23: in cujus (Minervae) aede ignes numquam canescunt in favillas, Sol. 22, 18.
  2. II. Transf., = senescere, to grow old, Ov. M. 9, 422: eaque (quercus) canescet saeclis innumerabilibus, Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2.
    Trop., of discourse: cum ipsa oratio jam nostra canesceret, was getting feeble, Cic. Brut. 2, 8; cf. Quint. 11, 1, 31; Petr. 2, 8.

Cangi, ōrum, m., = Καγγανοί, a people in the western part of Britain, Tac. A. 12, 32.

canĭa, ae, f., a kind of wild nettle, Plin. 21, 15, 55, § 92.

canĭcae, ārum, f., a kind of bran: canicae furfures de farre a cibo canum vocatae, Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.; Lucil. ap. Non. p. 88, 16 sq.

cănīcŭla, ae, f. dim. [canis].

  1. I. A small dog or bitch, Plin. 32, 7, 26, § 79.
    Hence,
    1. B. Trop., of a passionate, quarrelsome woman, Plaut. Curc. 5, 1, 8; Gell. 4, 20, 3.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Canis Minor, the lesser dogstar, in the mouth of the constellation Canis, q. v., Plin. 2, 47, 47, § 123; 18, 28, 68, § 268: flagrans, Hor. C. 3, 13, 9: flammans, Manil. 5, 207: rubra, Hor. S. 2, 5, 39: sitiens, Ov. A. A. 2, 231: insana, Pers. 3, 5: caniculae aestus, Hor. C. 1, 17, 17.
      Trop., of Diogenes: illa canicula Diogenes, Tert. adv. Marc. 11; cf. capella.
    2. B. A kind of sea-dog (cf. canis, II. B.), Plin. 9, 46, 70, § 151 sq.
    3. C. The worst throw with dice, the dog throw; opp. to Venus (v. canis, II. C., and alea), Pers. 3, 49.

cănīcŭlāris, e, adj. [canicula, II. A.], of or pertaining to the dog-star (post-class.): dies, dog-days, Pall. Jul. 1 and 7; Sol. Veg. 5, 35: inclementia, Sid. Ep. 2, 2.

Cānĭdĭa, ae, f., a sorceress, often mentioned by Horace, Hor. Epod. 3, 8; id. S. 1, 8, 24; 2, 1, 48; 2, 8, 95; to whom Epod. 5 and 17 are addressed.

Canĭdĭus, ii, m., a Roman name; esp., P. Canidius Crassus, a general under Lepidus and Antony, put to death by Octavius, Cic. Fam. 10, 21, 4; Vell. 2, 85, 2; 2, 87, 3.

‡ cānĭfĕra, ae, f.: mulier, quae fert canuam, id est qualum, quod est cistae genus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 65 Müll.; v. Canephoros.

* cănĭformis, e, adj. [canis-forma], having the form of a dog, dog-shaped: Anubis, Prud. Apoth. 263.

Caninĕfātes (Cannin-), um, m.,

  1. I. a people dwelling upon the Batavian peninsula, Vell. 2, 105; Tac. H. 4, 15; 4, 32; 4, 56; 4, 79; 4, 85; also called Cannĕnĕfātes, Plin. 4, 15, 29, § 101; and Cannunĕfā-tes, Inscr. Orell. 96.
    In sing.: dux natione Caninefas, Tac. A. 11, 18.
  2. II. Adj.: Caninĕfas, ātis, of Caninefas: ala, Tac. A. 4, 73: tumultus, id. H. 4, 16: cohortes, id. ib. 4, 19 al.

Cănīnĭus, a, the name of a plebeian gens at Rome.

  1. I. C. Caninius Rebilus, lieutenant of Cœ sar in Gaul, consul for a few hours at the end of December, A. U. C. 709; hence the jest of Cicero: Caninio consule scito neminem prandisse, Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1; cf. id. Att. 12, 37, 4.
  2. II. Caninius Rebilus, perh. a son of the preceding, notorious for his abandoned life, Sen. Ben. 2, 21, 5.
  3. III. L. Caninius Gallus, accuser of Antony, afterwards his son-in-law, Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 1; 1, 4, 1; 2, 8, 3; 7, 1, 4; 9, 2, 1; Val. Max. 4, 2, 6.
    Hence, Cănīnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Caninius Gallus: tempus, the time when Caninius proposed that Pompey should restore the dethroned king Ptolemy, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3 Manut.

cănīnus, a, um, adj. [canis], of or pertaining to a dog, canine, dog-.

  1. I. Lit.: lac, Ov. Ib. 227; Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 133: pellis, Scrib. Comp. 161: stercus, Juv. 14, 64: rictus, id. 10, 271: far, spelt-bread for dogs, id. 5, 11: adeps, Plin. 29, 6, 35, § 111: fel, id. 29, 6, 38, § 117: dentes, eye-teeth, dog-teeth, Varr. R. R. 2, 7; 3; Cels. 8, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160: scaeva canina, a favorable augury taken from meeting a dog or from his barking, Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 4.
    1. B. Subst.: canīna, ae, f. (sc. caro), dog’s flesh: canis caninam non ēst, Auct. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll.
  2. II. Trop.: prandium, in which no wine is drunk, mean, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 30, 12 sq. (v. the connection, and cf. with our dog-cheap): littera, i. e. the letter R, Pers. 1, 109: facundia, i. e. abusive from its snarling sound, snarling, Appius ap. Sall. H Fragm. 2, 37 Dietsch (from Non. p. 60, 24): eloquen tia, Quint. 12, 9, 9; Lact. 6, 18, 26; cf. Spald. Quint. l. l.: caninum studium locupletissimum quemque adlatrandi, i. e. causidicorum. Col. 1, praef. § 9: verba, cutting words, Ov. Ib. 230: nuptiae, canine, beastly (cf.: canis obscena; v. canis), Hier. Ep. 69, n. 2: philosophi = Cynici, Aug. Civ. Dei, 14, 20; hence, caninae aequanimitatis stupor, Tert. Pat. 2.

‡ cānĭpa, ae, f., = canistrum, a fruitbasket for religious uses, Frat. Arv. Marin. 3.

1. cănis (cănes, Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 18; id. Trin. 1, 2, 133; 1, 2, 135; Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll., or Ann. v. 518 Vahl.; Lucil. ap. Varr. ib.; cf. Charis. 1, 17, p. 118 P.; abl. always cane; gen. plur. canum; v. Neue, Formenl. pp. 223, 258 sq.), comm. [Sanscr. cvan; Gr. κύων, κυνός; Germ. Hund; Engl. hound].

  1. I. Lit., a dog.
    1. A. In gen., v. Varr. R. R. 1, 21; 2, 9, 1 sqq.; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 142 sqq.; Col. 7, 12, 1: tantidem quasi feta canes sine dentibus latrat, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll. (Ann. v. 518 Vahl.): introiit in aedĭs ater alienus canis, Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 25: inritata canes, Lucil. ap. Charis. 1, p. 100 P.: canem inritatam imitarier, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 25: in Hyrcaniă plebs publicos alit canes, optumates domesticos: nobile autem genus canum illud scimus esse, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 108: si lupi canibus similes sunt, id. Ac. 2, 16, 50: canes ut montivagae persaepe ferai Naribus inveniunt quietes, Lucr. 1, 405: canis acer, Hor. Epod. 12, 6: acres, Varr. R. R. 1, 21: acriores et vigilantiores, Cato, R. R. 124: assiduus, Col. R. R. 7, 12, 5: catenarius, Sen. Ira, 3, 37, 2: catenă vinctus, Petr. 29: Molossi, Hor. S. 2, 6, 115; cf. Lucr. 5, 1063: obscenae, Verg. G. 1, 470; Ov. F. 4, 936: pastoralis, Col. 7, 12, 3: pecuarius, id. 7, 12, 8: pulicosa, id. 7, 13, 2: rabidi, Lucr. 5, 892; Sen. Oedip. 932: rabiosus, Plin. 29, 4, 32, § 98: saeva canum rabies, Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 17; Plin. 8, 40, 63, § 152: est verunculus in linguă canum, quo exempto nec rabidi fuint, etc., id. 29, 4, 32, § 100: rabiosa. Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 75: venatici, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 31; Nep. Pel. 2, 5: alere canes ad venandum, Ter. And. 1, 1, 30; Curt. 9, 1, 31: vigiles, Hor. C. 3, 16, 2: canum fida custodia, Cic. N. D. 2, 63, 150: fida canum vis, Lucr. 6, 1222: levisomna canum fido cum pectore corda, id. 5, 864: caput mediae canis praecisae, Liv. 40, 6, 1; cf. Curt. 10, 9, 12: saepe citos egi per juga longa canes, Ov. H. 5, 20: canibus circumdare saltus, Verg. E. 10, 57: hos non inmissis canibus agitant, id. G. 3, 371: leporem canibus venari, id. ib. 3, 410.
    2. B. Esp.
      1. 1. As a term of reproach, to denote,
        1. a. A shameless, vile person, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 40; Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 33 Donat. ad loc.; Hor. Epod. 6, 1; cf. id. S. 2, 2, 56; Petr. 74, 9; Suet. Vesp. 13.
        2. b. A fierce or enraged person, Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 14, 5, 1, 18; Hyg. Fab. 3; cf. Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 57; Sen. Cons. Marc. 22, 5.
      2. 2. As the regular designation of the hangers-on or parasites of an eminent or rich Roman; a follower, dog, creature: multa sibi opus esse, multa canibus suis quos circa se habuit, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 48, § 126: cohors ista quorum hominum est? Volusii haruspices et Canelii medici et horum canum quos tribunal meum vides lambere, id. ib. 2, 3, 11, § 28: apponit de suis canibus quendam, id. ib. 2, 4, 19, § 40; 2, 5, 56, § 146; id. Att. 6, 3, 6; id. Pis. 10, 23.
      3. 3. In mythical lang.
        1. a. Tergeminus, i. e. Cerberus. Ov. A. A. 3, 322; id. Tr. 4, 7, 16; called also viperius, id. Am. 3, 12, 26: Tartareus, Sen. Herc. Fur. 649: triformis, id. Herc. Oet. 1202: Echidnaea. Ov. M. 7, 409; cf.: infernae canes, Hor. S. 1, 8, 35; Verg. A. 6, 257; Luc. 6, 733.
        2. b. Semidei canes, Anubis, Luc. 8, 832.
      4. 4. Prov.
        1. a. Stultitia est venatum ducere invitas canes, Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 82.
        2. b. Cane pejus et angui Vitare aliquid, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 30.
        3. c. Ut canis a corio numquam absterrebitur uncto, will never be frightened from the greasy hide, Hor. S. 2, 5, 83.
        4. d. Canis caninam non ēst (cf. Engl. dog won’t eat dog), Auct. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll.
        5. e. A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper, Ov. R. Am. 422.
      5. 5. CAVE CANEM, beware of the dog, a frequent inscription of warning to trespassers on doors, etc., Petr. 29; Varr. ap. Non. p. 153, 1; Inscr. Orell. 4320.
        Hence: Cave Canem, the title of a satire by Varro, Non. p. 75, 22.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A constellation; the Dog.
      1. 1. Esp.: Canis Major, or simply Canis, a constellation of twenty stars, Hyg. Astr. 3, 34; of which the brighest is Sirius or Canicula, Cic. N. D. 2, 44, 114; id. Arat. 108 (349); 123 (367); 138 (382); 276 (522); Vitr. 9, 5, 2; Verg. G. 1, 218; 2, 353; Hor. S. 1, 7, 25; id. Ep. 1, 10, 16; Tib. 3, 5, 2; Ov. F. 4, 904; Plin. 18, 26, 64, § 234 sqq.
      2. 2. Canis Minor, or Minusculus, the Little Dog, = Προκύων, commonly called Antecanis (hence the plur. canes), Vitr. 9, 52; Plin. 18, 28, 68, § 268; Ov. F. 4, 904.
        Acc. to the fable, the dog of Erigone, daughter of Icarius; hence, Erigoneïus, Ov. F. 5, 723, and Icarius, id. ib. 4, 939.
    2. B. The sea-dog, called canis marinus, Plin. 9, 35, 55, § 110; and mythically, of the dogs of Scylla, Lucr. 5, 890; Verg. A. 3, 432; Tib. 3, 4, 89; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146; Luc. 1, 549 Cort.; Sen. Med. 351.
    3. C. The worst throw with dice, the dog-throw (cf. canicula and alea): damnosi, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 46; Ov. Tr. 2, 474: canem mittere, Suet. Aug. 71; cf. Isid. Orig. 18, 65.
      Prov.: tam facile quam canis excidit, Sen. Apocol. 10, 2.
    4. D. A Cynic philosopher: Diogenes cum choro canum suorum, Lact. Epit. 39, 4.
    5. E. A kind of fetter, Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 37 dub. (al. camum; v. camus); cf. 1. catulus.

2. Cănis, is, m., a small river tributary to the Po, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 117.

cănistellum, i, n. dim. [canistrum, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. cana, p. 45, 19 Müll.], a bread-basket, a fruit-basket: argentea, Symm. Ep. 2, 81; 7, 76.

† cănistrum, i, n. [cănistri, ōrum, m., Pall. Nov. 17, 1], = κάναστρα,

  1. I. a basket woven from reeds (κάννα), a bread-, fruit-, flower-, etc., basket (esp. for religious use in sacrifices), Cic. Att. 6, 1, 13; Tib. 1, 10, 27; Prop. 3 (4), 13, 28; 4 (5), 8, 12; Verg. A. 8, 180; id. G. 4, 280; Hor. S. 2, 6, 105; Ov. M. 2, 713; 8, 675; id. F. 2, 650; 4, 451; Col. 10, 277; Juv. 5, 74.
  2. II. Canistra siccaria, baskets in which wine stood upon a table, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 706.

cānĭtĭa, ae, v canities init.

cānĭtĭes (cānĭtĭa, Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91; 11, 37, 64, § 169; cf. Charis. p. 41 P.), em, ē (other cases not in use), f. [canus],

  1. I. a gray or grayish-white color, hoariness (poet. or in post-Aug. prose): lupi, Ov. M. 1, 238; folia lanatiore canitie, Plin. 21, 20, 84, § 147; 37, 11, 73, § 191: sparsa marmoris, id. 36, 7, 11, § 55.
    Esp. freq. of the hair, Ov. M. 10, 425; 7, 289; Plin. 11, 37, 64, § 169; cf. id. 11, 37, 47, § 131.
    Hence,
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. (Abstr. pro concr.) Gray hair: canitiem terră atque infuso pulvere foedans, Cat. 64, 224; imitated by Ov. M. 8, 528; cf. also Verg. A. 12, 611: canitiem multo deformat pulvere, id. ib. 10, 844; 6, 300; Ov. M. 13, 492; Luc. 8, 57: femina canitiem Germanis inficit herbis, Ov. A. A. 3, 163.
    2. B. (Effect. pro causa.) A hoary age, old age (cf.: canitiem sibi et longos promiserat annos, Verg. A. 10, 549: donec virenti canities abest Morosa, Hor. C. 1, 9, 17; 2, 11, 8.

cānĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. [canus] (ante-class. access. form of the preced.), a gray color, hoariness: capitis, Plaut. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 62 Müll.
Absol., Varr. ap. Non. p. 82, 24.

Canius, ii, m., a Roman proper name.

  1. I. C. Canius. a Roman of learning, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58 sq.; id. de Or. 2, 69, 280.
  2. II. Canius Rufus, a poet, Mart. 1, 61, 9; 8, 20, 1.

† canna, ae, f., = κάννα,

  1. I. a reed, cane (less freq. than harundo), Col. 7, 9, 7; 4, 32, 3: palustris, Ov. M. 4, 298: tremulae, id. ib. 6, 326 al.
  2. II. Transf., any thing made of reed.
    1. A. A reed-pipe, flute, Ov. M. 2, 682; 11, 171; Sil. 7, 439.
    2. B. A small vessel, gondola, Juv. 5, 89; cf. Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 21; 7, 56. 57, § 206.
    3. C. Canna gutturis. in later medical writers, the windpipe, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 16, 97; id. Tard. 2, 12, 137.

† cannăbĭnus, a, um, adj., = καννάβινος, of hemp, hempen: retis, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 11: tegeticulae, id. ib. 2, 8, 2: funes, Col. 6, 2, 3; 12, 50, 8.

† cannăbis, is, f., and cannăbum, i, n. [kindr. with Sanscr. sana, the same, Bopp, Gloss. p. 343, a], = κάνναβις and κάνναβος, hemp; nom. cannabis, Col. 2, 10, 21; Plin. 19, 4, 22, § 63; 19, 9, 56, § 173; acc. cannabim, Varr. R. R. 1, 23, 6; abl. cannabi, Plin. 19, 2, 8, § 29: cannabe, Pers. 5, 146.
Nom. cannabum, Isid. Orig. 19, 27, 3; gen. cannabi, Isid. l. l. 2; acc. cannabum, Pall. Febr. 5; Mart. 5; Isid. l. l. 3; abl. cannabo, Varr. ap. Gell. 17, 3, 4.

cannăbĭus, a, um, adj. [cannabis], of hemp: silvae, Grat. Cyn. 47.

Cannae, ārum, f., = Κάνναι (Κάννα, Polyb.),

  1. I. a village in Apulia, north of Canusium, famous for the victory of Hannibal over the Romans; it lay on the east side of the Aufidus (which is hence called Amnis Canna by Marcius vates ap. Liv. 25, 12, 5), now Canne, id. 22, 44, 1 sq. (Polyb. 3, 113); Flor. 2, 6, 15; Cic. Tusc. 1, 37, 89: Cannarum pugna, Liv. 23, 43, 4; Sil. 9, 10.
    Appellative: Capuam Hannibali Cannas fuisse, a second Cannœ, Liv. 23, 45, 4; Flor. 2, 6, 21.
  2. II. Deriv.: Cannensis, e, adj., of Cannœ, Cannensian: pugna, Liv. 23, 1, 1; 23, 1, 11; Prop. 3 (4), 3, 10 al.: acies, Liv. 23, 18, 13: calamitas, Cic. Brut. 3, 12: clades, Liv. 22, 50, 1; 25, 12, 5; 23, 30, 11: ruina, id. 23, 25, 3: dies, Flor. 4, 12, 35: exercitus, which was cut to pieces at Cannœ, Liv. 29, 24, 11: animae, of those who fell at Cannœ, Stat. S. 1, 4, 87.
    Appel., of the proscription of Sulla: te pugna Cannensis accusatorem sat bonum fecit, Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 89; and of a revel: Cannensis pugna nequitiae, id. Verr. 2, 5, 11, § 28; cf. Arn. 5, 38.
    As subst.: Cannenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Cannœ, Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 105.

cannētum, i, n. [canna], a thicket of reeds, Pall. Febr. 23, 2; 24, 13; Cassiod. Var. 2, 40.

* cannĕus, a, um, adj. [canna], made of reeds, reed-: tegetes, Col. 12, 50, 8 dub.

Canninĕfātes, v. Caninefates.

cannŭla, ae, f. dim. [canna].

  1. I. A small, low reed, App. M. 4, p. 145; Mart. Cap. 2, § 224.
  2. * II. (Cf. canna, II. C.) Pulmonis, the windpipe, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 13, 152.

Cannutĭus (Cānu-), ii, m., a Roman proper name.

  1. I. P. Cannutius, an orator in Cicero’s time, Cic. Brut. 56, 205; id. Clu. 10, 29; 18, 50; Tac. Or. 21.
  2. II. Ti. Cannutius, tribune of the people A. U. C. 710, Cic. Fam. 12, 3, 2; 12, 23, 3; id. Phil. 3, 9, 23; Vell. 2, 64.

căno, cĕcĭni, cantum (ancient imp. cante = canite, Carm. Sal. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; fut. perf. canerit = cecinerit, Lib. Augur. ap. Fest. s. v. rumentum, p. 270 ib.; perf. canui = cecini, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 384, predominant in concino, occino, etc.
Examples of sup. cantum and part. cantus, canturus, a, um, appear not to be in use; the trace of an earlier use is found in Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.: canta pro cantata ponebant; once canituri, Vulg. Apoc. 8, 13), 3, v. n. and a. [cf. κανάσσω, καναχή, κόναβος; Germ. Hahn; Engl. chanticleer; κύκνος, ciconice; Sanscr. kōkas = duck; Engl. cock], orig. v. n., to produce melodious sounds, whether of men or animals; later, with a designation of the subject-matter of the melody, as v. a., to make something the subject of one’s singing or playing, to sing of, to celebrate, or make known in song, etc.

  1. I. Neutr., to utter melodious notes, to sing, sound, play.
    1. A. Of men: si absurde canat, Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12; Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 9: celebrare dapes canendo, Ov. M. 5, 113: si velim canere vel voce vel fidibus, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122; Quint. 5, 11, 124; 1, 8, 2; Gell. 19, 9, 3: quemadmodum tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit, Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338; cf.: tibia canentum, Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384; Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; Quint. 1, 10, 14: curvo calamo, Cat. 63, 22: harundine, Ov. M. 1, 683; Suet. Caes. 32: cithara, Tac. A. 14, 14: lituus quo canitur, Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30; Verg. E. 2, 31: movit Amphion lapides canendo, Hor. C. 3, 11, 2; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 417 al.; Cic. Brut. 50, 187.
      1. 2. Of the faulty delivery of an orator, to speak in a sing-song tone: inclinată ululantique voce more Asiatico canere, Cic. Or. 8, 27; cf. canto and canticum.
    2. B. Of animals (usu. of birds, but also of frogs), Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.: volucres nullă dulcius arte canant, Prop. 1, 2, 14; Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12: merula canit aestate, hieme balbutit, Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80; 10, 32, 47, § 89: ranae alio translatae canunt, id. 8, 58, 83, § 227.
      Of the raven, Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12.
      Esp., of the crowing of a cock: galli victi silere solent, canere victores, to crow, Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56; v. the whole section; id. ib. 2, 26, 56, § 57; Col. 8, 2, 11; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49 (cf. also cantus): gallina cecinit, interdixit hariolus (the crowing of a hen being considered as an auspicium malum), Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 27.
      In the lang. of the Pythagoreans, of the heavenly bodies (considered as living beings), the music of the spheres, Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 27.
    3. C. Transf., of the instruments by which, or (poet.) of the places in which, the sounds are produced, to sound, resound: canentes tibiae, Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22: maestae cecinere tubae, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 9: frondiferasque novis avibus canere undique silvas, and the leafy forest everywhere resounds with young birds, Lucr. 1, 256; Auct. Aetn. 295.
  2. II. Act., to make something or some person the subject of one’s singing or playing.
    1. A. With carmen, cantilenam, versus, verba, etc., to sing, play, rehearse, recite: cum Simonides cecinisset, id carmen, quod in Scopam scripsisset, Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352: carmina quae in epulis canuntur, id. Brut. 18, 71: in eum (Cossum) milites carmina incondita aequantes eum Romulo canere, Liv. 4, 20, 2: Ascraeum cano carmen, Verg. G. 2, 176; Suet. Caes. 49; Curt. 5, 1, 22: canere versus, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 36 Müll. (Ann. v. 222 Vahl.); Cic. Or. 51, 171; id. Brut. 18, 71: neniam, Suet. Aug. 100: idyllia ἐρωτικά, Gell. 19, 9, 4, § 10: verba ad certos modos, Ov. F. 3, 388: Phrygium, Quint. 1, 10, 33 Spald.
      The homog. noun is rarely made the subject of the act. voice: cum in ejus conviviis symphonia caneret, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105.
      1. 2. Prov.
        1. a. Carmen intus canere, to sing for one’s self, i. e. to consult only one’s own advantage, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 53; id. Agr. 2, 26, 68; v. Aspendius.
        2. b. Cantilenam eandem canis, like the Gr. [?TO AU)TO A)/(DEIS A) = SMA ?], ever the old tune, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 10; v. cantilena.
    2. B. With definite objects.
        1. a. In gen., to sing, to cause to resound, to celebrate in song, to sing of, Lucr. 5, 328: laudes mortui, Varr. L. L. 7, § 70 Müll.: canere ad tibiam clarorum virorum laudes atque virtutes, Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; Quint. 1, 10, 10; 1, 10, 31; Liv. 45, 38, 12: puellis carmine modulato laudes virtutum ejus canentibus, Suet. Calig. 16 fin.: dei laudes, Lact. 6, 21, 9: deorum laudes, Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 8.
          So with de: canere ad tibicinem de clarorum hominum virtutibus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3 (cf. cantito): praecepta, Hor. S. 2, 4, 11: jam canit effectos extremus vinitor antes, Verg. G. 2, 417 Wagn. N. cr.: nil dignum sermone, Hor. S. 2, 3, 4: quin etiam canet indoctum, id. Ep. 2, 2, 9: grandia elate, jucunda dulciter, moderata leniter canit, Quint. 1, 10, 24; Cat. 63, 11: Io! magna voce, Triumphe, canet, Tib. 2, 5, 118; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 52; cf. Hor. C. 4, 2, 47: haec super arvorum cultu pecorumque canebam, Verg. G. 4, 559 Wagn.: et veterem in limo ranae cecinere querelam, croaked (according to the ancient pronunciation, kekinere kuerelam, an imitation of the Aristophanic Βρεκεκεκέξ; v. the letter C), id. ib. 1, 378; Lucr. 2, 601: anser Gallos adesse canebat, Verg. A. 8, 656: motibus astrorum nunc quae sit causa, canamus, Lucr. 5, 510: sunt tempestates et fulmina clara canenda, id. 6, 84.
        2. b. With pers. objects (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): canitur adhuc barbaras apud gentes (Arminius), Tac. A. 2, 88: Herculem … ituri in proelia canunt, id. G. 2: Dianam, Cat. 34, 3: deos regesve, Hor. C. 4, 2, 13: Liberum et Musas Veneremque, id. ib. 1, 32, 10: rite Latonae puerum, id. ib. 4, 6, 37; 1, 10, 5: plectro graviore Gigantas, Ov M. 10, 150: reges et proelia, Verg. E. 6, 3; Hor. C. 4, 15, 32: arma virumque, Verg. A. 1, 1: pugnasque virosque, Stat. Th. 8, 553: maxima bella et clarissimos duces, Quint. 10, 1, 62.
          Very rarely, to celebrate, without reference to song or poetry: Epicurus in quădam epistulă amicitiam tuam et Metrodori grata commemoratione cecinerat, Sen. Ep. 79, 13.
          Esp. of fame, to trumpet abroad: fama facta atque infecta canit, Verg. A. 4, 190: fama digna atque indigna canit, Val. Fl. 217 al.
          And prov., to sing or preach to the deaf: non canimus surdis, Verg. E. 10, 8: praeceptorum, quae vereor ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim. Liv. 40, 8, 10.
    3. C. Since the responses of oracles were given in verse, to prophesy, foretell, predict.
        1. a. In poetry: Sibylla, Abdita quae senis fata canit pedibus, Tib. 2, 5, 16; cf.: horrendas ambages, Verg. A. 6. 99; 3, 444: fera fata, Hor. C. 1, 15, 4; cf. id. Epod. 13, 11; id. S. 2, 5, 58; Tib. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. 3, 3, 36; 1, 6, 50; Hor. C. S. 25: et mihi jam multi crudele canebant Artificis scelus, Verg. A. 2, 124; Hor. S. 1, 9, 30.
        2. b. In prose: ut haec quae nunc fiunt, canere di inmortales viderentur, Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18: non haec a me tum tamquam fata … canebantur? id. Sest. 21, 47: eum, qui ex Thetide natus esset, majorem patre suo futurum cecinisse dicuntur oracula, Quint. 3, 7, 11; Just. 11, 7, 4; 7, 6, 1; Tac. A. 2, 54; id. H. 4, 54: cecinere vates, idque carmen pervenerat ad antistitem fani Dianae, Liv. 1, 45, 5; 5, 15, 4 sq.; 1, 7, 10; Tac. A. 14, 32; Liv. 30, 28, 2; cf. Nep. Att. 16, 4; cf. of philosophers, etc.: ipsa memor praecepta Canam, Hor. S. 2, 4, 11 Orell. ad loc.; cf.: quaeque diu latuere, canam, Ov. M. 15, 147.
  3. III. In milit. lang., t. t., both act. and neutr., of signals, to blow, to sound, to give; or to be sounded, resound.
    1. A. Act.: bellicum (lit. and trop.) canere, v. bellicus: classicum, v. classicus: signa canere jubet, to give the signal for battle, Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1: Pompeius classicum apud eum (sc. Scipionem) cani jubet, Caes. B. C. 3, 82.
      Absol. without signum, etc.: tubicen canere coepit, Auct. B. Afr. 82; cf. Flor. 4, 2, 66.
    2. B. Neutr.: priusquam signa canerent, Liv. 1, 1, 7: ut attendant, semel bisne signum canat in castris, id. 27, 47, 3 and 5; 23, 16, 12; 24, 46 (twice): repente a tergo signa canere, Sall. J. 94, 5; Liv. 7, 40, 10; Verg. A. 10, 310; Flor. 3, 18, 10: classicum apud eos cecinit, Liv. 28, 27, 15.
      1. 2. Receptui canere, to sound a retreat: Hasdrubal receptui propere cecinit (i. e. cani jussit), Liv. 27, 47, 2; Tac. H. 2, 26.
        Poet.: cecinit jussos receptus, Ov. M. 1, 340.
        And in Livy impers.: nisi receptui cecinisset, if it had not sounded a counter-march, Liv. 26, 44, 4: ut referrent pedem, si receptui cecinisset, id. 3, 22, 6.
        1. b. Trop.: revocante et receptui canente senatu, Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8: ratio abstrahit ab acerbis cogitationibus a quibus cum cecinit receptui, id. Tusc. 3, 15, 33: antequam (orator) in has aetatis (sc. senectutis) veniat insidias, receptui canet, Quint. 12, 11, 4.
          Note: Examples for the signif. to practice magic, to charm, etc., found in the derivv. cantus, canto, etc., are entirely wanting in this verb.

† cănon, ŏnis, m. (acc. canona, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 55; acc. plur. canonas, Aus. Ep. 136; in Cic. Fam. 16, 17, 1, used as a Greek word), = κανών [κάννα, κάνη, a reed, cane].

  1. I. A marking or measuring line; hence, a rule, canon, model (cf. Lidd. and Scott, under κανών).
  2. II. Esp.
    1. A. A wooden channel in hydraulic instruments, Vitr. 10, 13 Rod.
    2. B. Under the emperors, an annual tribute, established by law, in grain, gold, silver, clothing, etc., Spart. Sev. 8; Lampr. Elag. 27.
    3. C. In eccl. Lat., a catalogue of sacred writings, as admitted by the rule, the Canon, Aug. Doctr. Christ. 2, 8; Hier. Prol. Gal. Aug. Civ. 17, 24; 18, 38; cf. Isid. Orig. 6, 15 and 16.
    4. D. Also in late Lat., from their shape, in plur.: cănŏnes, um, cannon: et illic figere gunnas suas, quas Galli canones vocant, quibus validius villam infestare posset, Thom. Walsingham in Henry V. p. 398.

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