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capra, ae, f. [caper],

  1. I. a she-goat, Cato ap. Charis. p. 79 P.; Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 1 sq.; Col. 7, 6 sq.; Plin. 8, 50, 76, § 200; Cic. Lael. 17, 62 al.: fera = caprea, Verg. A. 4, 152.
    A nickname for a man with bristly hair, Suet. Calig. 50; cf. caper.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A star in the constellation Auriga (which is Amalthea, transf to heaven), Hor. C. 3, 7, 6; Cic. poët. N. D. 2, 43, 110.
    2. B. The odor of the armpits (cf. ala and caper), Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 29.
    3. C. A cognomen of the Annii, Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 10.
    4. D. Caprae Palus, the place in Rome where Romulus disappeared in the Campus, where afterwards was the Circus Flaminius, Liv. 1, 16, 1 (in Ov. F. 2, 491, Caprea Palus; acc. to Fest. p. 49, also called Capralia).

caprā-gĕnus (caprūg-), a, um, adj. [capra], of the flesh of the wild goat: lumbi, Macr. S. 2, 9, 12.

căprāgo, ĭnis, f., a plant, also called cicer columbinum, App. Herb. 108.

căprārĭus, a, um, adj. [capra],

  1. I. of or pertaining to the goat: pastus, Sol. 1, § 97: mutilago, a species of tithymalus, App. Herb. 108.
    Subst.: căprārĭus, ii, m., a goatherd, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 10, Col 3, 10, 17.
  2. II. Caprāria, ae, f
    1. A. An island near the south point of the Balearis Major, now Caborra, Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 78; Mart. Cap. 6, § 643.
    2. B. One of the Fortunatae Insulae, Mart. Cap. 6, § 702.
    3. C. A small island in the Tuscan Sea, near the northern point of Corsica, abounding in wild goats (Gr. Αἴγιλον), now Capraja, Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 81; Mel. 2, 7, 19; Rutil. 1, 439; Mart. Cap. 6, § 644; called also Caprāsia, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 3.
      Hence, Caprārĭensis, e: plumbum, Plin. 34, 17, 49, § 164.

Caprāsĭa, ae, f.

  1. I. = Capraria, q. v. C.
  2. II. One of the mouths of the Po, Plin. 3, 16, 20, § 120.