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Capreae

Capreae · f

an island in the Tyrrhene Sea

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Where it lives

Ausonii de XII Caesaribus per Suetonium Tranquillum scriptis 1 · 11.76/10k
Tiberius 5 · 5.5/10k
Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
Commodus Antoninus 1 · 2.89/10k
Divus Augustus 3 · 2.24/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Carmina 2 · 0.89/10k
Annales 6 · 0.68/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Silvae 1 · 0.4/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k
Letters 1 · 0.15/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

Caprĕae — Lewis & Short

Caprĕae, ārum, f.,

I an island in the Tyrrhene Sea, near Campania, now Capri, Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 82; Verg. A. 7, 735; Ov. M. 15, 709; Sil. 8, 541; celebrated as the dwelling-place of the emperor Tiberius, Tac. A. 4, 67; 6, 1; 6, 2; 6, 10; Suet. Tib. 39; 40; 60; 62; 74; Juv. 10, 72; 10, 93; who was thence, and in derision of his wantonness, called Caprinēus, Suet. Tib. 43.—Hence, Ca-prĕensis, e, adj.: secessus, Suet. Tib. 43.

In the wild

Capreas Pliny the Younger, Letters 6.20.11
Capreis Suetonius, Divus Augustus 72.3
Capreas Tacitus, Annales 6.p1
Capreis Suetonius, Tiberius 62.2
Capreis Tacitus, Annales 6.p2
Capreis Suetonius, Vitellius 3.2.p2

6 of 26 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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