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Caprinēus, Caprinēus

Capreae, Caprineus

noun (., indeclinable declension)

an island in the Tyrrhene Sea, near Campania, Capri

Abbreviations

Capreae, ārum, f., 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-preensis, e, adj.: secessus, Suet. Tib. 43.