LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

caprīnus

caprīnus (feminine caprīna, neuter caprīnum)
Classical[kaˈpriː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[kaˈpriː.nus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivecaprine (pertaining to goats)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecaprīnuscaprīnacaprīnum
genitivecaprīnīcaprīnaecaprīnī
dativecaprīnōcaprīnaecaprīnō
accusativecaprīnumcaprīnamcaprīnum
ablativecaprīnōcaprīnācaprīnō
vocativecaprīnecaprīnacaprīnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativecaprīnīcaprīnaecaprīna
genitivecaprīnōrumcaprīnārumcaprīnōrum
dativecaprīnīscaprīnīscaprīnīs
accusativecaprīnōscaprīnāscaprīna
ablativecaprīnīscaprīnīscaprīnīs
vocativecaprīnīcaprīnaecaprīna

căprīnus, a, um, adj. caper,
I. of or pertaining to goats: grex, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 1; 2, 10, 3; Liv. 22, 10, 3: genus, Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 19: pecus, Col. 7, 6; 7, 7, 1: stercus, Cato, R. R. 36; Varr. R. R. 1, 38, 2: pellis, Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82: lac, Plin. 28, 9, 33, § 124; 30, 11, 30, § 99: sanguis, id. 28, 17, 68, § 232.—Prov.: rixari de lanā caprinā, to contend about trifles, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 15.—
II. Subst.: că-prīna, ae, f. (sc. caro), goat's flesh, Val. Imp. ap. Vop. Prob. 4.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kápros
  2. Proto-Italic*kapros
  3. Proto-Italic*kaprīnos
  4. Latincaprīnus

Inherited from Proto-Italic *kaprīnos. By surface analysis, capr- + īnus.

Borrowings
  • Catalancaprí
  • Englishcaprine
  • Frenchcaprin
  • Portuguesecaprino
  • Romaniancaprin
  • Spanishcaprino
Occitano-Romance
  • Catalancabrina
  • Occitancabrinfrom Old Occitan cabrin
  • Occitancabinfrom Old Occitan cabrin
  • Occitanchabrinfrom Old Occitan cabrin
  • Occitanchabinfrom Old Occitan cabrin
Italo-Romance
  • Italiancaprino
  • Italiancaprina
Balkan Romance
  • Romaniancăprină
  • Aromaniancãprinã
  • Megleno-Romaniancăprină
Gallo-Romance
  • Old Frenchchevrin

Quick answers

What does caprīnus mean in Latin?
caprīnus, a adjective, means “caprine (pertaining to goats)”.
How do you pronounce caprīnus?
In classical Latin, [kaˈpriː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [kaˈpriː.nus].
Where does caprīnus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *kápros → Proto-Italic *kapros → Proto-Italic *kaprīnos → Latin caprīnus.