canus

Meaning

(adjective, declension-1, declension-2) white
(adjective, declension-1, declension-2) hoary
(adjective, declension-1, declension-2) frothy
(adjective, declension-1, declension-2) gray

grey

canens

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈkaː.nʊs]

From Proto-Italic *kaznos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂s- (“bright grey”) (compare Welsh cannu (“to whiten”), ceinach (“hare”), English hare, Latin cascus (“old”), Ancient Greek ξανθός (xanthós, “yellow”), Old Prussian sasnis (“hare”), Pashto خړ (xëṛ, “grey”), Sanskrit शश (śaśa, “hare”)).