capreolus

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Latin

Etymology

From capra or caprea (goat, roe deer) +‎ -olus.

Noun

capreolus m (genitive capreolī); second declension

  1. a small roe deer, roebuck
  2. a small goat

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative capreolus capreolī
Genitive capreolī capreolōrum
Dative capreolō capreolīs
Accusative capreolum capreolōs
Ablative capreolō capreolīs
Vocative capreole capreolī

Descendants

References

  • capreolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • capreolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • capreolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • capreolus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray