canārius, a, um, adj. canis, 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 Mull. (cf. Ov. F. 4, 936; Col. 10, 342 sq.; Paul. ex Fest. s. v. catularia, p. 45 Mull.): herba, a kind of grass; acc. to Sprengel, fingerformed panic: Panicum dactylon, Linn.: lappa, Plin. 24, 19, 116, § 176.

— Transf. As adj. prop.: Canāria 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.

— As nom. prop.: Canārii, ōrum, m., a voracious people of Mauritania, Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 15.