Italian edit

Etymology edit

From capra (goat) +‎ -igno (-ish).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kaˈpriɲ.ɲo/
  • Rhymes: -iɲɲo
  • Hyphenation: ca‧prì‧gno

Adjective edit

caprigno (feminine caprigna, masculine plural caprigni, feminine plural caprigne)

  1. (literary, relational) goat; caprine
    Synonym: caprino
    • 1810 [c. 8th century BCE], “Libro III”, in Vincenzo Monti, transl., Iliade, translation of Ῑ̓λιάς (Īliás, Iliad) by Homer (in Epic Greek), lines 323–327; republished as Iliade di Omero[1], 4th edition, Milan: Società tipografica dei classici italiani, 1825:
      Venìan recando i banditori intanto
      Dalla città le sacre ostie di pace,
      Due trascelti agnelletti, e della terra
      Giocondo frutto generoso vino
      Chiuso in otre caprigno. []
      [original: Κήρυκες δ’ ἀνὰ ἄστυ θεῶν φέρον ὅρκια πιστά,
      ἄρνε δύω καὶ οἶνον ἐΰφρονα καρπὸν ἀρούρης,
      ἀσκῷ ἐν αἰγείῳ
      ]
      Kḗrukes d’ anà ástu theôn phéron hórkia pistá,
      árne dúō kaì oînon eǘphrona karpòn aroúrēs,
      askôi en aigeíōi
      Meanwhile, the announcers came bringing the sacred peace offerings, two carefully selected lambs, and wine—pleasant harvest of the earth—sealed in a goat wineskin.

Further reading edit

  • caprigno in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana