cantherius

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from Ancient Greek κανθήλιος (kanthḗlios, “donkey used as pack animal”), from κανθήλια (kanthḗlia, “pack-saddle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

canthērius m (genitive canthēriī or canthērī); second declension

  1. a gelding
  2. an ass, mule
  3. (figuratively) a man impotent through age
  4. (architecture) a spar under the roof, a rafter
  5. (viticulture) a pole furnished with crosspieces for supporting a vine, a trellis
  6. (veterinary medicine) a kind of frame for suspending sick horses

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative canthērius canthēriī
genitive canthēriī
canthērī1 		canthēriōrum
dative canthēriō canthēriīs
accusative canthērium canthēriōs
ablative canthēriō canthēriīs
vocative canthērie canthēriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • “cantherius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cantherius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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