caprigenus

Latin

Etymology

caper (“goat”) + the root of genus (“kind, family”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈpri.ɡe.nus/, [käˈprɪɡɛnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈpri.d͡ʒe.nus/, [käˈpriːd͡ʒenus]

Adjective

caprigenus (feminine caprigena, neuter caprigenum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) goat

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	caprigenus	caprigena	caprigenum		caprigenī	caprigenae	caprigena
Genitive	caprigenī	caprigenae	caprigenī		caprigenōrum	caprigenārum	caprigenōrum
Dative	caprigenō		caprigenō		caprigenīs
Accusative	caprigenum	caprigenam	caprigenum		caprigenōs	caprigenās	caprigena
Ablative	caprigenō	caprigenā	caprigenō		caprigenīs
Vocative	caprigene	caprigena	caprigenum		caprigenī	caprigenae	caprigena

References

• “caprigenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “caprigenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers