căprĭmulgus — Lewis & Short
căprĭmulgus, i, m.caper-mulgeo. *
I A milker of goats, poet. for countryman, Cat. 22, 10.—
II A bird supposed to suck the udders of goats, the goat-sucker, Plin. 10, 40, 56, § 115.
The corpus record — Latin
caprimulgus
caprimulgus · m
A milker of goats
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Where it lives
- Carmina 1 · 0.78/10k
- Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- caprimulgus Catullus, Carmina lyrics.22.10
- Caprimulgi Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 1.10.p61
- caprimulgi Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 10.40
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.
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