What is the Latin word for goat?

The usual Latin words for “goat” are capra, hircus, haedus; also hircīnus, haedīnus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

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“goat” in Latin

caprashe-goat, nanny goat (a female goat); the odor of armpits hircusa buck, male goat; the rank smell of the armpits; a filthy person haedusyoung goat, kid hircīnusof a goat haedīnusof or pertaining to a young goat, kidlike

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

goat

caper (general term for goat; as opposed to capra, it is a he-goat): hircus (an old he-goat): haedus (a young one): a small he-goat, baedulus (Juv., 11, 65): the adjectives are, hircinus: haedinus: a wanton he-goat, caper libidinosus (PROP. poetical): homo libidinosus (figuratively, of a debauchee). To stink like a goat, hircum olere.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for goat?: The usual Latin words for “goat” are capra, hircus, haedus; also hircīnus, haedīnus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.