semicaper

semicaper

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sem-
Proto-Indo-European *sēmi
Latin sēmi-
Proto-Indo-European *kápros
Proto-Italic *kapros
Latin caper
Latin sēmicaper

    From sēmi- (“half, semi-”) + caper (“goat”).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    sēmicaper m (genitive sēmicaprī); second declension

    1. half-goat; epithet of the god Pan or Faunus

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

    singular plural
    nominative sēmicaper sēmicaprī
    genitive sēmicaprī sēmicaprōrum
    dative sēmicaprō sēmicaprīs
    accusative sēmicaprum sēmicaprōs
    ablative sēmicaprō sēmicaprīs
    vocative sēmicaper sēmicaprī

    References

    • “semicaper”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “semicaper”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “semicaper”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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