caper

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

căper, pri, m. [cf. κάπρος, wild boar], a he-goat, a goat.

I Lit., Col. 7, 6, 4; Verg. E. 7, 7; Hor. Epod. 10, 23; Ov. M. 15, 305; cf. Varr. ap. Gell. 9, 9; sacrificed to Bacchus (because injurious to the vine), Ov. M. 5, 329; 15, 114; Hor. C. 3, 8, 7.—

II Transf., the odor of the armpits (cf. capra), Cat. 69, 6; imitated by Ovid, Ov. A. A. 3, 193.—

B A star in the left shoulder of the constellation Auriga (also called capella), Manil. 2, 178; 2, 658; Col. 11, 2, 94.—

C The name of a kind of fish found in the river Acheloüs said to make a grunting sound , Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

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