Cănīnĭus, a, the name of a plebeian gens at Rome.
I C. Caninius Rebilus, lieutenant of Caesar 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.
IV —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.