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Cănīnĭus , a,
I.the name of a plebeian gens at Rome.
I. C. Caninius Rebilus, lieutenant of Cœ sar in Gaul, consul for a few hours at the end of December, A. U. C. 709; “hence the jest of Cicero: Caninio consule scito neminem prandisse,” Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 1; cf. id. Att. 12, 37, 4.—
II. Caninius Rebilus, perh. a son of the preceding, notorious for his abandoned life, Sen. Ben. 2, 21, 5.—
III. L. Caninius Gallus, accuser of Antony, afterwards his son-in-law, Cic. Fam. 1, 2, 1; 1, 4, 1; 2, 8, 3; 7, 1, 4; 9, 2, 1; Val. Max. 4, 2, 6. —Hence, Cănīnĭānus , a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Caninius Gallus: “tempus,” the time when Caninius proposed that Pompey should restore the dethroned king Ptolemy, Cic. Fam. 1, 7, 3 Manut.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 1.2.1
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 1.7.3
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.30.1
    • Seneca, de Beneficiis, 2.21.5
    • Valerius Maximus, Facta et Dicta Memorabilia, 4.2.6
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