cănārĭus, a, um, adj. [canis],
I of or pertaining to dogs , dog- : augurium, i. e. in which dogs were offered , Auct. ap. Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 14; Fest. s. v. rutilae, p. 285 Müll. (cf. Ov. F. 4, 936; Col. 10, 342 sq.; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. catularia, p. 45 Müll.): herba, a kind of grass; acc. to Sprengel, fingerformed panic : Panicum dactylon, Linn.: lappa, Plin. 24, 19, 116, § 176.—
II Transf.
A As adj. prop. : Cănārĭa insula , one of the Insulae Fortunatae in the Atlantic Ocean , so called from its large dogs , Plin. 6, 32, 37, § 205; Sol. 56, 17.— Plur. : Canariae insulae, the Canary islands , Arn. 6, 5.—
B As nom. prop. : Cănārii , ōrum, m., a voracious people of Mauritania , Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 15.