Cannae

See also: cannae

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cannae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæniː/

Proper noun

Cannae

1. (historical) A village in the Apulia region of south east Italy, known as the site of a battle in 216 B.C. in which the Carthaginians under Hannibal defeated the Romans

Verb

1. Scottish slang contraction of can not.

Translations

village

• Armenian: Կաննե (Kanne)
• Catalan: Cannes f pl
• Dutch: Canne
• French: Cannes (fr) f pl
• German: Cannae, Kannä
• Italian: Canne
• Latin: Cannae f pl
• Portuguese: Canas (pt) f pl
• Russian: Ка́нны (ru) pl (Kánny)
• Spanish: Cannas f pl

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.nae̯/, [ˈkänːäe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.ne/, [ˈkänːe]

Proper noun

Cannae f pl (genitive Cannārum); first declension

1. a small inland town of Apulia famous for the victory of Hannibal, situated near the right bank of the river Aufidus, now Canne della Battaglia

View of the ruins

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

	plural
nominative	Cannae
genitive	Cannārum
dative	Cannīs
accusative	Cannās
ablative	Cannīs
vocative	Cannae
locative	Cannīs

Derived terms

• Cannensis

References

• “Cannae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Cannae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.