Capricornus

English

Alternative forms

• Capricorn

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Latin Capricornus, from capra (“goat”) and cornū (“horn”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkæpɹɪˈkɔːnəs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkæpɹɪˈkɔːɹnəs/

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Proper noun

Capricornus (symbol ♑︎)

1. (astronomy) a constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a goat
2. (astrology) Capricorn

Antonyms

• Cancer

Derived terms

• Capricornian
• Tropic of Capricorn

 

Related terms

• Capricorni

 

Translations

constellation

• Arabic: بُرْج اَلْجَدْي‎ m (burj al-jady), اَلْجَدْي‎ m (al-jady)
• Armenian: Այծեղջյուր (Aycełǰyur)

  Old Armenian: այծեղջիւր (aycełǰiwr)

• Azerbaijani: Oğlaq
• Breton: Gavr f
• Bulgarian: Козирог m (Kozirog)
• Catalan: Capricorn (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摩羯座 (zh) (mójiézuò)

• Cornish: an Aver
• Czech: Kozoroh (cs) m
• Danish: Stenbukken
• Dutch: Steenbok (nl) m
• Finnish: Kauris (fi)
• French: Capricorne (fr) m
• German: Steinbock (de) m
• Greek: Αιγόκερως (el) m (Aigókeros)

  Ancient: Αἰγοκέρως m (Aigokérōs)

• Hebrew: גדי‎ (he) m (g'dí)
• Hindi: मकर (hi) m (makar)
• Hungarian: Bak (hu)
• Icelandic: Steingeit f
• Irish: an Gabhar m
• Italian: Capricorno (it) m
• Japanese: 山羊座 (ja) (やぎざ, yagiza), やぎ座 (ja)
• Kazakh: Тауешкі (Taueşkı)
• Korean: 염소자리 (ko) (yeomsojari)
• Latin: Capricornus (la) m, Aegoceros m
• Macedonian: Ја́рец m (Járec)
• Malay: Kambing Duyung, Jadi, Kaprikorn
• Maltese: Kaprikornu
• Norwegian: Steinbukken (no) m
• Polish: Koziorożec (pl) m
• Portuguese: Capricórnio (pt)
• Russian: Козеро́г (ru) m (Kozeróg)
• Sanskrit: मकर (sa) m (makara)
• Scottish Gaelic: A' Ghobhar f
• Slovene: Kozorog (sl)
• Spanish: Capricornio (es) m
• Tagalog: Kambing
• Telugu: మకరరాశి (te) (makararāśi), మకరము (te) (makaramu), మకరం (te) (makaraṁ)
• Tibetan: ཆུ་སྲིན་སྐར་ཚོམ (chu srin skar tshom)
• Turkish: Oğlak (tr)
• Ukrainian: Козорі́г m (Kozoríh)

astrological sign — see Capricorn

Latin

Etymology

From caper + cornu.

Proper noun

Capricornus m sg (genitive Capricornī); second declension

1. Capricornus, the constellation of the zodiac.

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Capricornus
Genitive	Capricornī
Dative	Capricornō
Accusative	Capricornum
Ablative	Capricornō
Vocative	Capricorne
Locative	Capricornī

Related terms

• caper, capra
• cornu

Descendants

• English: Capricorn, Capricornus
• French: Capricorne
• Italian: Capricorno, capricorno
• Portuguese: Capricórnio
• Spanish: capricornio, Capricornio

References

• “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