ăper, pri, m. [cf. old Germ. Ebar; Germ. Eber; Angl.-Sax. bār = aper, verres; Engl. boar; cf. Lat. caper, with change of meaning, and the Gr. κάπρος],
I a wild boar.
I.A Lit., Ov. M. 8, 282; 9, 192; 10, 550; 10, 715; Verg. E. 7, 29; 10, 56; id. A. 1, 324 al.: aper Erymanthius, Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50: Arcadius, the Erymanthian boar slain by Her cules , Mart. 9, 104: aper de silvā, Vulg. Psa. 79, 14.—Among the Romans a delicacy, Juv. 1, 140.— Masc. form used of the female in Varr. L. L. 8, 47, p. 183 Müll., though Pliny had formed apra , q. v.—
B Prov.
1 Uno saltu duos apros capere, to kill two birds with one stone , Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 40.—
2 Apros immittere liquidis fontibus, for something perverse, inconsiderate, Verg. E. 2, 59.—
II Transf.
A A standard of the Roman legions , Plin. 10, 4, 5, § 16.—
B A kind of fish , Enn. ap. App. p. 486: is, qui aper vocatur in Acheloo amne, grunnitum habet, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267 Jan.