caprinus

caprinus

Latin

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *kaprīnos. By surface analysis, capr- +‎ īnus.

    Pronunciation

    Adjective

    caprīnus (feminine caprīna, neuter caprīnum); first/second-declension adjective

    1. caprine (pertaining to goats)

    Declension

    First/second-declension adjective.

    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
    nominative caprīnus caprīna caprīnum caprīnī caprīnae caprīna
    genitive caprīnī caprīnae caprīnī caprīnōrum caprīnārum caprīnōrum
    dative caprīnō caprīnae caprīnō caprīnīs
    accusative caprīnum caprīnam caprīnum caprīnōs caprīnās caprīna
    ablative caprīnō caprīnā caprīnō caprīnīs
    vocative caprīne caprīna caprīnum caprīnī caprīnae caprīna

    Descendants

    • Balkan Romance:
      • Aromanian: cãprinã (“goat wool”)
      • Megleno-Romanian: căprină (“goat wool”)
      • Romanian: căprină (“rugged sheep”) (obsolete)
    • Italo-Romance:
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Old French: chevrin (“made of goat hair”)
    • Occitano-Romance:
      • Catalan: cabrina (“goatskin”)
      • Old Occitan: cabrin (rel. adj.)
    • Borrowings:

    References

    Further reading

    • “caprinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “caprinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "caprinus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “caprinus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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