noun · femininefifth declension
cānitiēs
cānitiēs f (genitive cānitiēī)
Meaning
- hoar; hoariness ; a grayish-white color
- grey hair
- old age
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
color albus capillōrum senumcānitiēs -ēī (f) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 2
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cānitiēs | cānitiēs cānitiae |
| genitive | cānitiēī cānitiae | cānitiērum cānitiārum |
| dative | cānitiēī cānitiae | cānitiēbus cānitiīs |
| accusative | cānitiem cānitiam | cānitiēs cānitiās |
| ablative | cānitiē | cānitiēbus cānitiīs |
| vocative | cānitiēs | cānitiēs cānitiae |
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,
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, II. Transf.
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.—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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cānitiēs acc. em, abl. ē, f
canus, a gray color, grayish-white, hoariness (poet. and late): lupi, O.: rigidis hirta capillis, O. — Meton., gray hair: Canitiem deformat pulvere, V. — Of the beard: inculta, V. — Gray hairs, old age: Canitiem sibi promiserat, V.: Donec virenti canities abest, H.: usque ad canitiem, Ta.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs blend Latin -itiēs Latin cānitiēs From cānus (“hoary, gray”) + -itiēs.