caprarius

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Latin

Etymology

From caper (“goat”) +‎ -ārius (suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

Adjective

caprārius (feminine caprāria, neuter caprārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) goat

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative caprārius caprāria caprārium caprāriī caprāriae caprāria
Genitive caprāriī caprāriae caprāriī caprāriōrum caprāriārum caprāriōrum
Dative caprāriō caprāriō caprāriīs
Accusative caprārium caprāriam caprārium caprāriōs caprāriās caprāria
Ablative caprāriō caprāriā caprāriō caprāriīs
Vocative caprārie caprāria caprārium caprāriī caprāriae caprāria

Noun

caprārius m (genitive caprāriī or caprārī); second declension

  1. goatherd

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caprārius caprāriī
Genitive caprāriī
caprārī1 		caprāriōrum
Dative caprāriō caprāriīs
Accusative caprārium caprāriōs
Ablative caprāriō caprāriīs
Vocative caprārie caprāriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

References

  • “caprarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • caprarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “caprarius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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