Capricornus
See also: capricornus
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English, borrowed from Latin Capricornus, from capra (“goat”) and cornū (“horn”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Capricornus (symbol ♑︎)
Antonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Translations edit
constellation
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astrological sign — see Capricorn
Basque edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin Capricornus.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Capricornus inan
- Capricornus (constellation)
- Synonym: Kaprikornioa
Declension edit
Declension of Capricornus (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite | |
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absolutive | Capricornus |
ergative | Capricornusek |
dative | Capricornusi |
genitive | Capricornusen |
comitative | Capricornusekin |
causative | Capricornusengatik |
benefactive | Capricornusentzat |
instrumental | Capricornusez |
inessive | Capricornusen |
locative | Capricornusko |
allative | Capricornusera |
terminative | Capricornuseraino |
directive | Capricornuserantz |
destinative | Capricornuserako |
ablative | Capricornustik |
partitive | Capricornusik |
prolative | Capricornustzat |
Further reading edit
- "Capricornus" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From caper (“goat”) + cornu (“horn”).
Proper noun edit
Capricornus m sg (genitive Capricornī); second declension
- Capricornus, the constellation of the zodiac.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Capricornus |
Genitive | Capricornī |
Dative | Capricornō |
Accusative | Capricornum |
Ablative | Capricornō |
Vocative | Capricorne |
Locative | Capricornī |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: Capricorn, Capricornus
- French: Capricorne
- Italian: Capricorno, capricorno
- Portuguese: Capricórnio
- Spanish: capricornio, Capricornio
References edit
- “Capricornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Capricornus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Capricornus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette