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Italian
Etymology
From capra (“goat”) + -igno (“-ish”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈpriɲ.ɲo/
- Rhymes: -iɲɲo
- Hyphenation: ca‧prì‧gno
Adjective
caprigno (feminine caprigna, masculine plural caprigni, feminine plural caprigne)
- (literary, relational) goat; caprine
- Synonym: caprino
1810 [c. 8th century BCE], “Libro III”, in Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade, translation of Ῑ̓λιάς (Īliás, Iliad) by Homer (in Epic Greek), lines 323–327; republished as Iliade di Omero, 4th edition, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, 1825:Venìan recando i banditori intanto
Dalla città le sacre ostie di pace,
Due trascelti agnelletti, e della terra
Giocondo frutto generoso vino
Chiuso in otre caprigno. […]- Kḗrukes d’ anà ástu theôn phéron hórkia pistá,
árne dúō kaì oînon eǘphrona karpòn aroúrēs,
askôi en aigeíōi
- Meanwhile, the announcers came bringing the sacred peace offerings, two carefully selected lambs, and wine—pleasant harvest of the earth—sealed in a goat wineskin.
Further reading
- caprigno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana