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Cannutĭus (Cānu-), ii, m., a Roman proper name.

  1. I. P. Cannutius, an orator in Cicero’s time, Cic. Brut. 56, 205; id. Clu. 10, 29; 18, 50; Tac. Or. 21.
  2. II. Ti. Cannutius, tribune of the people A. U. C. 710, Cic. Fam. 12, 3, 2; 12, 23, 3; id. Phil. 3, 9, 23; Vell. 2, 64.

‡ canua, ae, v. canifera.

Cănŭlēius, a, um, the name of a Roman gens. Thus, C. Canuleius, a tribune of the people. Acc. to a law proposed by him (Canuleium plebiscitum, Cic. Rep. 2, 37, 63) A.U.C. 310, marriage between patricians and plebeians was allowed; cf. Liv. 4, 1, 1 sq.; Flor. 1, 25.

cānus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. Kas-, to shine; cf. cascus], white, hoary (mostly poet.).

  1. I. 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.
    1. 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,
  2. II. 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.

Cănŭsĭum, ii, n. (Cănŭsĭa, ae, f., Inscr. Murat. 1037, 3),

  1. I. a very ancient town in Apulia, now Canosa, founded by the Greeks, and celebrated for its excellent wool, Cic. Att. 8, 11, D, § 1; Liv. 22, 50, 4; 22, 52, 4; Mel. 2, 4, 7; Plin. 3, 11, 16, § 104; 8, 48, 73, § 190 sq.; Hor. S. 1, 5, 91; 2, 3, 168.
  2. II. Derivv.
    1. A. Cănŭsīnus, a, um, adj., of Canusium, Canusian: ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 8, 2: rufae, Mart. 14, 129: birri, Vop. Carin. 20.
      1. 2. Subst.
          1. (α) Cănŭsīnus, i, m., an inhabitant of Canusium: bilinguis, i. e. speaking Greek and Latin, Hor. S. 1, 10, 30.
          2. (β) Cănŭsīna, ae, f. (sc. vestis), garments made of Canusian wool, Mart. 14, 127.
    2. B. Cănŭsīnātus, a, um, adj., clothed in Canusian wool: muliones, Suet. Ner. 30: Syrus, Mart. 9, 23, 9.

‡ cānūtus, πολιός, canus, Gloss. Philox.