LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

cānaster

cānaster (feminine cānastra, neuter cānastrum)
Classical[kaːˈnas.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[kaˈnas.ter]

Meaning

  1. adjectivegrizzled
  2. adjectivehalf-gray

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativein -er
cānaster
cānastracānastrum
genitivecānastrīcānastraecānastrī
dativecānastrōcānastraecānastrō
accusativecānastrumcānastramcānastrum
ablativecānastrōcānastrācānastrō
vocativecānaster
cānastre
cānastracānastrum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecānastrīcānastraecānastra
genitivecānastrōrumcānastrārumcānastrōrum
dativecānastrīscānastrīscānastrīs
accusativecānastrōscānastrāscānastra
ablativecānastrīscānastrīscānastrīs
vocativecānastrīcānastraecānastra

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

Origins

From cān(us) (“gray”) + -aster.

Quick answers

What does cānaster mean in Latin?
cānaster, a adjective, means “grizzled; half-gray”.
How do you pronounce cānaster?
In classical Latin, [kaːˈnas.tɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kaˈnas.ter].