canis, is, m. and f., a dog.

Cannae, ārum, f. pl., a small town in Apulia in southeastern Italy.

Cannēnsis, e, adj., of or at Cannae.

[canō, ere, cecinī, —], to sing, chant, play; sound, give signal.

prae—praecinō, ere, uī, —, to play before (one).

cantus, ūs [canō], m., song; note, cry.

Canusium, ī, n., a town in Apulia near Cannae.

capesso, ere, īvī, ītus [desid. of capiō], to take eagerly, seize, resort to.

capillus, ī [caput], m., the hair.

[capiō, ere, cēpī, captus], to take, seize, capture; cōnsilium capere, to form a plan.