canities

== English == === Etymology === From Latin cānitiēs (“gray hair, old age”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈnɪʃiiːz/ === Noun === canities (uncountable) (uncommon, medicine) The condition of having gray hair. === References === === Anagrams === Cainites, seitanic == Latin == === Alternative forms === cānitia === Etymology === From cānus (“hoary, gray”) + -itiēs. === Noun === cānitiēs f (genitive cānitiēī); fifth declension hoar; hoariness ; a grayish-white color grey hair old age ==== Declension ==== Fifth-declension noun. As with most fifth-declension nouns, only singular forms are attested in Classical Latin. === References === “canities”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “canities”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “canities”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. === Anagrams === scientia