Lewis & Short

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1. ăper, pri, m. [cf. old Germ. Ebar; Germ. Eber; Angl.-Sax. bār = aper, verres; Engl. boar; cf. Lat. caper, with change of meaning, and the Gr. κάπρος], a wild boar.

  1. I.
    1. A. Lit., Ov. M. 8, 282; 9, 192; 10, 550; 10, 715; Verg. E. 7, 29; 10, 56; id. A. 1, 324 al.: aper Erymanthius, Cic. Tusc. 4, 22, 50: Arcadius, the Erymanthian boar slain by Her cules, Mart. 9, 104: aper de silvā, Vulg. Psa. 79, 14.
      Among the Romans a delicacy, Juv. 1, 140.
      Masc. form used of the female in Varr. L. L. 8, 47, p. 183 Müll., though Pliny had formed apra, q. v.
    2. B. Prov.
      1. 1. Uno saltu duos apros capere, to kill two birds with one stone, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 40.
      2. 2. Apros immittere liquidis fontibus, for something perverse, inconsiderate, Verg. E. 2, 59.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A standard of the Roman legions, Plin. 10, 4, 5, § 16.
    2. B. A kind of fish, Enn. ap. App. p. 486: is, qui aper vocatur in Acheloo amne, grunnitum habet, Plin. 11, 51, 112, § 267 Jan.