caprum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →capra, caprae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
she-goat, nanny-goat; [Caprae palus => on Campus Martius/Circus Flaminus site];
gen. pl. - Entry →caper, capri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
he-goat, billy-goat; goatish/armpit smell; star in Auriga (L+S); grunting fish;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- A
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...reliquit et cetera vertit non infestiviter, nisi quod "caprum" dixit, X. quem Theocritus enorchan appellavit - auctore enim..." - D
Satura I
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...hortos, praetoria, mensas, argentum uetus et stantem extrapocula caprum. quem patitur dormire nurus corruptor auarae, quem sponsae turpes..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Bucolicis dicenti "non ego te vidi Damonis, pessime, caprum excipere insidiis?" occurritur: "an mihi cantando victus non redderet..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...tris partes orationis esse contendant quasi "luere per caprum": LXVII. nam "Solitaurilia" iam persuasum est esse "Suovetaurilia..." - P
Ecloga III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...talia fures? non ego te vidi Damonos, pessime, caprum excipere insidiis multum latrante Lycisca? et cum clamarem..."