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căprĭgĕnus

sprung from goats

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What it meant

1. caprigenus — de Vaan

caprigenus 'sprung from goats' (Pac.-f-), prTmigenus 'of origination' (Lucr.); -genius in primigenius 'first of its kind' (CIL 1.60 primogenia, Varro+); -gnus 'born, originated' in bemgnus 'kind, generous' (P1.+), blgnae 'twins' (Paul. exF.), malignus 'ungenerous, grudging' (Pl>),privJgnus 'stepson' (CIL 1.583.22+). It. cognates: O. genetai [datsg.] 'daughter' (?) < *genhrto-. Second -e- is problematic: because of … — [de Vaan, s.v. caprigenus, p. 274]

2. căprĭgĕnus — Lewis & Short

căprĭgĕnus, a um, adj.caper-gigno,

I proceeding from a goat, of the goat kind (poet.): genus, Pac. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5; and ap. Prisc. p. 677 P.: pecu, Cic. Progn. Fragm. ap. Prisc. l. l.—Subst.: căprĭgĕni, ae, goats, = capri, ae: caprigenum ( = caprigenorum or -arum) trita ungulis, Att. ap. Macr. S. l. l. (Trag. Rel. v. 544 Rib.): caprigenum pecus, Verg. A. 3, 221; cf. Prisc. l. l. —To the sickliness of the goat (cf. Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 5; Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 202) Plautus refers humorously, Ep. 1, 1, 16.

Where it came from

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