caprarius

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

căprārĭus, a, um, adj. [capra],

I of or pertaining to the goat : pastus, Sol. 1, § 97: mutilago, a species of tithymalus , App. Herb. 108.—Subst.: căprārĭus , ii, m., a goatherd , Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 10, Col. 3, 10, 17.—

II Caprāria , ae, f

A An island near the south point of the Balearis Major , now Caborra , Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 78; Mart. Cap. 6, § 643.—

B One of the Fortunatae Insulae, Mart. Cap. 6, § 702.—

C A small island in the Tuscan Sea , near the northern point of Corsica , abounding in wild goats (Gr. Αἴγιλον), now Capraja , Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 81; Mel. 2, 7, 19; Rutil. 1, 439; Mart. Cap. 6, § 644; called also Caprāsia , Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 3.— Hence, Caprārĭensis , e: plumbum, Plin. 34, 17, 49, § 164.