Latin search results for: Canicula

#1

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. bitch (also people)
  2. dog-days
  3. dog-fish, shark
  4. dog-star
  5. lowest throw at dice
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 10,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

adjective

Definitions:

  1. of/pertaining to dog-star
  2. [caniculares dies => dog days]
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)