căpĕro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. [cf. Sanscr. kamp-, to tremble] (ante- and postclass.).
- I. Act., to wrinkle, to draw together in wrinkles: rugis frontem contrahere, a frontibus crispis caprorum, Non. p. 8, 31: frons caperata, Pac. ap. Non. p. 204, 30 (Trag. Rel. p. 107 Rib.): caperatum supercilium, App. M. 9, p. 224: vela, furled, id. Flor. n. 23.
- II. Neutr., to be wrinkled, Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 3 (also in Non. p. 9, 1).