cano

Etymology

From Latin cānus (“white”, “hoary”), from Proto-Italic *kaznos (“grey”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱas-. Compare Portuguese cão.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.no/, [ˈkäːn̺o̞]
• Stress: càno
• Hyphenation: ca‧no

Adjective

cano (feminine singular cana, masculine plural cani, feminine plural cane)

1. (obsolete, literary) hoary-haired, white-haired
   • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland]‎ (in Italian), Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto XXXIV, page 162:

     Nel primo chioſtro una femina cana ¶ fila a un'aſpo trahea da tutti quelli

     In the outer porch, a dame of hoary hair ¶ yarns to her reel from all those [fleeces] drew

   • Synonym: canuto

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *kanō, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”). Confer carmen (“song”) (< *kanmen).

Cognates include Old Irish canaid, Welsh canu, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hana, “cock”), Ancient Greek καναχέω (kanakhéō, “ring, clash, clang”), Russian канюк (kanjuk, “buzzard”), Persian خوان‎ (khān, “sing, read”), English hen.

Etymology 2

Inflected form of cānus (“white, hoary”)

References

• cano in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cano in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• cano in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• cano in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the orchestra is playing: symphōnīa canit (Verr. 3. 44. 105)
    
  • the bugle, trumpet sounds before the general's tent: classicum or tuba canit ad praetorium
    
  • the trumpet sounds for the attack: classicum canit (B. C. 3. 82)
    
  • the retreat is sounded: signa receptui canunt
    
  • the retreat is sounded: receptui canitur (B. G. 7. 47)
    
  • (ambiguous) to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes (virtutes) canere
    
  • (ambiguous) to play on the lyre: fidibus canere
    
  • (ambiguous) to play the flute: tibiis or tibiā canere
    
  • (ambiguous) to sing to a flute accompaniment: ad tibiam or ad tibicinem canere
    

Etymology

From cana (“cane, reed”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): [ˈkɐ̃nu]
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.nu/

Noun

cano m (plural canos)

1. tube, pipe
   • 2012, João Pedro George, Como sobreviver a um terramoto em Portugal, Leya →ISBN

     Os terramotos (e as suas réplicas) costumam dar origem a incêndios (devido ao rebentamento das canalizações de gás ou das instalações de eletricidade) e a inundações (devido à rutura dos canos da água). Havendo aparelhos que ...

2. channel

Etymology

From Latin cānus (“white, hoary”), from Proto-Italic *kaznos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱas-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkano/

Adjective

cano (feminine singular cana, masculine plural canos, feminine plural canas)

1. hoary, white-haired, grey-haired
2. ancient, old (of a person)
3. (rare) white, snow-white, milky white

Further reading

• “cano” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkanɔ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːnɔ/, /ˈkanɔ/

Verb

cano

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of canu

Mutation