caniformis

Latin

Etymology

From canis (“dog”) +‎ -fōrmis (“having the form of”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

canifōrmis (neuter canifōrme); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. having the form of a dog, dog-shaped

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative canifōrmis canifōrme canifōrmēs canifōrmia
genitive canifōrmis canifōrmium
dative canifōrmī canifōrmibus
accusative canifōrmem canifōrme canifōrmēs
canifōrmīs 		canifōrmia
ablative canifōrmī canifōrmibus
vocative canifōrmis canifōrme canifōrmēs canifōrmia

Descendants

  • Translingual: Caniformia

References

  • “caniformis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • caniformis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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