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cānĕo , ui, 2, v. n. canus,
I.to be gray or hoary, be white (poet. or in post-Aug. prose); P. a.: cānens , entis, gray, grayish, hoary, white: “temporibus geminis canebat sparsa senectus,Verg. A. 5, 416; cf. Tac. G. 31: “canens senecta,Verg. A. 10, 192: “canet in igne cinis,Ov. A. A. 2, 440: “canens gelu,white, id. Tr. 5, 2, 66; Sil. 1, 206; “pruina,id. 3, 534: “canentia lilia,Ov. M. 12, 411: “dum gramina canent,Verg. G. 3, 325; 2, 13: “canuerint herbae,Ov. F. 3, 880; Juv. 14, 144; Ov. M. 1, 110 (cf. id. ib. 6, 456; and id. F. 5, 357); Sil. 4, 362.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 12.411
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 1.110
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.456
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 10.192
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.416
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.325
    • Tacitus, Germania, 31
    • Ovid, Tristia, 5.2
    • Ovid, Fasti, 3
    • Ovid, Fasti, 5
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