capreola

Forms

capreola f (genitive capreolae); first declension^[1][2]

Etymology

It is a diminutive from Latin caprea.^[1][2] Georges connects it with capreolus.^[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

It first appears in the Itala, the Old Latin Bible:^[3][4][5] in Isaiah 13:14, where the Vulgate has damula.^[6]

Semantic evolution

Georges takes the animal of the Itala to be perhaps the gazelle.^[3] Ambrose uses it beside hinnulus cervorum, “young of the deer”.^[3][2] Glosses equate it with Greek δορκάς (dorkás).^[1] In Medieval Latin it is the roe deer, especially the doe;^[7][8] the DMLBS also records a figurative use, from the Song of Songs.^[8] An English glossary renders it with Old English rage.^[8]

Timeline

• after 220 AD – The Itala uses it in Isaiah 13:14.^[3][4][5]
• c. 340–397 AD – Ambrose uses it in his works on Job and the Psalms.^[3][2][5]
• 10th century – An English glossary renders it with Old English rage.^[8]

Meanings

Noun

1. (Late Latin) A gazelle or doe.^[3][2][4]
2. (Medieval Latin) A roe deer, especially the female.^[7][8]
3. (Medieval Latin, figurative) A kid, after the Song of Songs.^[8]

References

1. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
2. ^ a b c d e Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
3. ^ a b c d e f g Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
4. ^ a b c Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
5. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
6. ^ Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
7. ^ a b Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
8. ^ a b c d e f Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press