caprea Latin · revision 33284

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=itc-pro *kapro-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈka.pre.a]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈkaː.pre.a]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''caprea''' ''f'' (genitive capreae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is derived from [[m|la|capra|t=she-goat]],^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) itself from [[m|la|caper|t=he-goat]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|caper]] to [[itc-pro|*kapro-|t=he-goat]] and thinks a loanword more likely than an inherited word, since no single Indo-European word for “goat” can be reconstructed.^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|kaprum|t=he-goat]], [[grc|κάπρος|tr=kápros|t=wild boar]] and [[non|hafr|t=he-goat]].^(de Vaan 2008) Varro explains the name by a certain likeness to the she-goat.^(TLL)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Varro.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the roe deer.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Horace, Virgil, Ovid, Martial and Pliny the Elder use it,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and since the roe and the wolf were enemies, Horace's ''iungere capreās lupīs'', “to yoke roes with wolves”, is proverbial for something impossible.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Ovid names a place ''Capreae palus'', the goat's marsh.^(OLD 2012) Priscian cites a masculine ''capreus'', noting that the feminine is the form in use.^(TLL) Church Latin has it as a wild she-goat or roe.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro, on the name.^(TLL)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace, the proverb of roes yoked with wolves.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid, ''Capreae palus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The [[m|en|roe deer]];^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) a wild she-goat.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[capreāginus]]

+ * [[capreola]]

+ * [[capreolus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[capra]]

+ * [[caper]]

+ * [[caprīnus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}