Caprus

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Latin

View of the Little Zab

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κάπρος (Kápros).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Caprus m sg (genitive Caprī); second declension

  1. A river of Assyria which flowed into the Tigris near Nineveh, now the Little Zab
  2. A tributary river of the Maeander

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Caprus
Genitive Caprī
Dative Caprō
Accusative Caprum
Ablative Caprō
Vocative Capre

References

  • “Caprus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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