căprārĭus, a, um, adj. [capra],
- 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.
- II. Caprāria, ae, f
- A. An island near the south point of the Balearis Major, now Caborra, Plin. 3, 5, 11, § 78; Mart. Cap. 6, § 643.
- B. One of the Fortunatae Insulae, Mart. Cap. 6, § 702.
- 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.