noun · masculinesecond declension
caper1
caper m (genitive caprī, feminine capra)
Classical[ˈka.pɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈkaː.per]
Meaning
- masculinehe-goat (a male goat, a billy goat)
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
hircus, animal barbātumcaper -prī (m) — in IVLIANVS I: Gallia, ch. 20
mās caprae, hircuscaper -prī (m) — in Aeneis, ch. 23
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | caper | caprī |
| genitive | caprī | caprōrum |
| dative | caprō | caprīs |
| accusative | caprum | caprōs |
| ablative | caprō | caprīs |
| vocative | caper | caprī |
căper, pri, m. cf. κάπρος, wild boar,
I. a he-goat, a goat.
I. Lit., Col. 7, 6, 4; Verg. E. 7, 7; Hor. Epod. 10, 23; Ov. M. 15, 305; cf. Varr. ap. Gell. 9, 9;
sacrificed to Bacchus (because injurious to the vine), Ov. M. 5, 329; 15, 114; Hor. C. 3, 8, 7.—B. A star in the left shoulder of the constellation Auriga (also called capella), Manil. 2, 178; 2, 658; Col. 11, 2, 94.—
C. The name of a kind of fish found in the river Acheloüs said to make a grunting sound, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
caper, prī, m
a he-goat, goat: vir gregis, V., H.: bicornis, O.—The odor of the arm-pits: trux, O., Ct., H.—A wild goat, O.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *kapros, from Proto-Indo-European *kápros (“buck, he-goat”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κάπρος (kápros, “boar”), Proto-Germanic *hafraz (“he-goat”), and Proto-Iranian *káfrah (“young goat, kid”).
Ibero-Romance
- Portuguesecabro
- Portuguesecabrão
- Spanishcabro
- Spanishcabrón
Italo-Romance
- Italiancapro
- Italiancaprone
Gallo-Romance
- Frenchchevron
- Englishchevronfrom French chevron
- Russianшевронfrom French chevron
Borrowings
- Scottish Gaeliccabar