cănīnus — Lewis & Short
cănīnus, a, um, adj.canis,
I of or pertaining to a dog, canine, dog-.
I Lit.:
lac,Ov. Ib. 227; Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 133:
pellis,Scrib. Comp. 161:
stercus,Juv. 14, 64:
rictus,id. 10, 271:
far,spelt-bread for dogs, id. 5, 11:
adeps,Plin. 29, 6, 35, § 111:
fel,id. 29, 6, 38, § 117:
dentes,eye-teeth, dog-teeth, Varr. R. R. 2, 7; 3; Cels. 8, 1; Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160:
scaeva canina,a favorable augury taken from meeting a dog or from his barking, Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 4.—
B Subst.: canīna, ae, f. (sc. caro), dog's flesh: canis caninam non ēst, Auct. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 32 Müll.—
II Trop.: prandium, in which no wine is drunk, mean, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 30, 12 sq. (v. the connection, and cf. with our dog-cheap): littera, i. e. the letter R, Pers. 1, 109: facundia, i. e. abusive from its snarling sound, snarling, Appius ap. Sall. H Fragm. 2, 37 Dietsch (from Non. p. 60, 24):
eloquen tia,Quint. 12, 9, 9; Lact. 6, 18, 26; cf. Spald. Quint. l. l.: caninum studium locupletissimum quemque adlatrandi, i. e. causidicorum. Col. 1, praef. §
9: verba,cutting words, Ov. Ib. 230: nuptiae, canine, beastly (cf.: canis obscena;
v. canis),Hier. Ep. 69, n. 2: philosophi = Cynici, Aug. Civ. Dei, 14, 20;
hence, caninae aequanimitatis stupor,Tert. Pat. 2.