caprea

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Latin

Etymology

From caper (he-goat).

Pronunciation

Noun

caprea f (genitive capreae); first declension

  1. a roe deer
  2. a wild female goat

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caprea capreae
Genitive capreae capreārum
Dative capreae capreīs
Accusative capream capreās
Ablative capreā capreīs
Vocative caprea capreae

References

  • caprea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • caprea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • caprea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • caprea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.