adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
caprigenus
caprigenus (feminine caprigena, neuter caprigenum)
Classical[kaˈprɪ.ɡɛ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[kaˈpriː.d͡ʒe.nus]
Meaning
- adjectiverelationalgoat
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | caprigenus | caprigena | caprigenum |
| genitive | caprigenī | caprigenae | caprigenī |
| dative | caprigenō | caprigenae | caprigenō |
| accusative | caprigenum | caprigenam | caprigenum |
| ablative | caprigenō | caprigenā | caprigenō |
| vocative | caprigene | caprigena | caprigenum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | caprigenī | caprigenae | caprigena |
| genitive | caprigenōrum | caprigenārum | caprigenōrum |
| dative | caprigenīs | caprigenīs | caprigenīs |
| accusative | caprigenōs | caprigenās | caprigena |
| ablative | caprigenīs | caprigenīs | caprigenīs |
| vocative | caprigenī | caprigenae | caprigena |
căprĭgĕnus, a um, adj. caper-gigno,
I. proceeding from a goat, of the goat kind (poet.): genus, Pac. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5; and ap. Prisc. p. 677 P.: pecu, Cic. Progn. Fragm. ap. Prisc. l. l.—Subst.: căprĭgĕni, ae, goats, = capri, ae:
caprigenum ( = caprigenorum or -arum) trita ungulis, Att. ap. Macr. S. l. l. (Trag. Rel. v. 544 Rib.): caprigenum pecus, Verg. A. 3, 221; cf. Prisc. l. l. —To the sickliness of the goat (cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5; Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 202) Plautus refers humorously, Ep. 1, 1, 16.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
caprigenus adj.
caper + GEN-, of the goat kind.—Plur. as subst, goats: caprigenūm pecus, V.
Origins
caper (“goat”) + the root of genus (“kind, family”).