caprigenus

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Latin

Etymology

caper (“goat”) + the root of genus (“kind, family”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

caprigenus (feminine caprigena, neuter caprigenum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (relational) goat

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative caprigenus caprigena caprigenum caprigenī caprigenae caprigena
genitive caprigenī caprigenae caprigenī caprigenōrum caprigenārum caprigenōrum
dative caprigenō caprigenae caprigenō caprigenīs
accusative caprigenum caprigenam caprigenum caprigenōs caprigenās caprigena
ablative caprigenō caprigenā caprigenō caprigenīs
vocative caprigene caprigena caprigenum caprigenī caprigenae caprigena

References

  • “caprigenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “caprigenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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