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LNS

caper, caprī

κάπρος, cf. κάπρος, wild boar

noun (m., 2^nd -R declension)

a he-goat, a goat
the odor of the armpits
A star in the left shoulder of the constellation Auriga
The name of a kind of fish found in the river Achelous said to make a grunting sound

Abbreviations

caper, pri, m. cf. κάπρος, wild boar, a he-goat, a goat. 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.

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

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

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