capellus
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kaˈpel.lus/, [käˈpɛlːʲʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kaˈpel.lus/, [käˈpɛlːus]
Etymology 1 edit
From caper (“goat”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
capellus m (genitive capellī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | capellus | capellī |
| Genitive | capellī | capellōrum |
| Dative | capellō | capellīs |
| Accusative | capellum | capellōs |
| Ablative | capellō | capellīs |
| Vocative | capelle | capellī |
Descendants edit
- French: chevreau
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
capellus m (genitive capellī); second declension (Early Medieval Latin)
- Alternative form of cappellus
References edit
- “capellus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- capellus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- capellus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)