The corpus record — Latin

caper

caper · m

a he-goat

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Where it lives

Eclogues 6 · 13.22/10k
Epodon 1 · 3.33/10k
Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Georgicon 2 · 1.41/10k
Carminum minorum corpusculum 1 · 1.18/10k
Fasti 3 · 0.96/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
Contra Symmachum 1 · 0.83/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.78/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 6 · 0.76/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklürt von M. Weissenborn, book 45 1 · 0.76/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.75/10k

Densest 12 of 29 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. căper — Lewis & Short

căper, pri, m.cf. ka/pros, wild boar,

I a he-goat, a goat.

I Lit., Col. 7, 6, 4; Verg. E. 7, 7; Hor. Epod. 10, 23; Ov. M. 15, 305; cf. Varr. ap. Gell. 9, 9; sacrificed to Bacchus (because injurious to the vine), Ov. M. 5, 329; 15, 114; Hor. C. 3, 8, 7.—

II Transf., the odor of the armpits (cf. capra), Cat. 69, 6; imitated by Ovid, Ov. A. A. 3, 193.—

B A star in the left shoulder of the constellation Auriga (also called capella), Manil. 2, 178; 2, 658; Col. 11, 2, 94.—

C The name of a kind of fish found in the river Acheloüs said to make a grunting sound, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267.

2. Caper — Walde–Hofmann

Caper, -pri m. ,Ziegenbock, Bock (im Gegensatz zu hircus meist kastriert, Gell, 9, 9, Eu Bocksgestank“ (auch „Fisch“ Plin. nach gr. xdmpoc, karpioxos, Wood AJPh. 49, 178; seit Catull, rom. capritus Lex Sal., Suff. nach maritus, Schramm 60; davon vl. capriäre Anthim. unklarer Bed.) eapra, -ae f. „Ziege“ (seit. Enn. und Plaut., rom. [Dem. -ella seit Pompon.] ebenso -ärius m. „Ziegenhirt“ und -ile n. „Ziegenstall* seit … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. Caper, p. 189]

In the wild

caprisque Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.20
capris Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 5.6.5
capris Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 4.641
caprum Vergil, Eclogues 3
caprum Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria 1.5.67
caper Prudentius, Contra Symmachum 1.1.129

6 of 69 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. caper (scan p. 174; entry #2662).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. Caper (scan pp. 189-190; entry #552). Root candidates: *pätro-, *sqep-, *apro-.

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