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|lshtext=<b>cānus</b>: a, um, adj. Sanscr. Kas-, to [[shine]]; cf. [[cascus]],<br /><b>I</b> [[white]], [[hoary]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[fluctus]], Lucr. 2, 767; Cic. Arat. 71; [[hence]] [[aqua]], foamy, [[frothy]], Ov. H. 2, 16: nix, [[white]], Lucr. 3, 21; Hor. S. 2, 5, 41: gelu, Verg. G. 3, 442: montes, id. ib. 1, 43: [[pruina]], [[hoar]]-[[frost]], Hor. C. 1, 4, 4: grandine [[canus]] [[Athos]], Ov. Ib. 200: salicta, id. M. 5, 590: segetes, id. ib. 10, 655: aristae, id. ib. 6, 456: [[lupus]], id. ib. 6, 527; 7, 550: [[favilla]], id. ib. 8, 524: [[color]] equi, Pall. Mart. 14, 4: arborum villi, Plin. 12, 23, 50, § 108: [[situs]], id. 12, 25, 55, § 125.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp. freq. of the [[gray]] [[hair]] of the [[aged]]: [[cano]] capite [[atque]] albā barbā, Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 15; id. As. 5, 2, 84; Cat. 68, 124; Tib. 1, 1, 72; Ov. F. 5, 57: capilli, Hor. C. 2, 11, 15; Ov. M. 1, 266; 2, 30; 4, 474; Phaedr. 2, 2, 10: [[crinis]], Cat. 64, 350; Ov. M. 13, 427: [[barba]], Mart. 4, 36 al.—Hence, subst. in plur.: cāni, ōrum, m. (sc. capilli), [[gray]] hairs: non cani, non rugae [[repente]] auctoritatem arripere possunt, Cic. Sen. 18, 62; Ov. M. 3, 275; in Aug. and [[post]]-Aug. poets (esp. freq. in Ovid) [[with]] adjj.: falsi, Ov. M. 6, 26: honorati, id. ib. 8, 9: positi, id. ib. 14, 655: rari, id. ib. 8, 567: sui, id. ib. 10, 391: miseri, Pers. 5, 65: venerandi. Sen. Herc. Fur. 1249.—Hence,<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of [[age]] and of [[aged]] persons. old, [[aged]]: [[senectus]], [[hoary]], Cat. 108, 1: [[anilitas]], id. 61, 162: [[amator]], Tib. 1, 8, 29: cana [[veritas]], [[venerable]], Varr. ap. Non. p. 243, 1: Fides, Verg. A. 1, 292: [[Vesta]], id. ib. 5, 744.

|georg=cānus, a, um (aus * cas - [[nos]]; vgl. osk.-pälign. [[casnar]], der [[Greis]], angels. hasu, graubraun, ahd. hasan, [[grau]]), [[grau]], aschgrau, [[weißgrau]], I) eig.: a) übh.: aequora, Enn. fr.: [[fluctus]], Lucr. u. Min. Fel.: [[aqua]], Ov., u. [[mare]], Plin. ep., schaumig: [[nix]], Hor.: [[gelu]], Verg.: [[pruina]], Hor.: [[lupus]], Ov.: [[color]] equi, Pallad.: gramina, Calp.: arborum villi (Baummoos), Plin.: [[seges]], Min. Fel. – [[bes]]. v. [[Haar]] [[des]] Greises, [[crinis]], Catull.: capilli, Hor.: [[caput]], Plaut. u. Catull.: [[barba]], Mart.: subst., cānī, ōrum, m. (sc. capilli), graues [[Haar]], [[non]] [[cani]], [[non]] rugae, Cic.: [[cani]] [[aut]] rugae, Sen.: [[pubertas]] [[canis]] (dem gr. H. = dem [[Alter]]) suum [[decus]] reddebat, Val. Max.: [[bei]] Dichtern [[selbst]] [[mit]] andern Epithetis, [[wie]] [[cani]] falsi, rari, Ov.: [[cani]] venerandi, Sen. poët. – b) prägn., [[mit]] [[grauen]] Haaren, [[alt]] u. [[grau]], [[hochbetagt]], [[amator]], Tibull.: [[quidam]] [[bene]] [[canus]], Sen.: [[anilitas]], [[senectus]], Catull. – dah. altehrwürdig, Veritas, Varr. fr.: [[senectus]], Catull.: [[Fides]], [[Vesta]], Verg.: saecula, Catull. u. Mart.

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