capparis
See also: Capparis
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κάππαρις (kápparis).
Noun
capparis f (genitive capparis); third declension
- caper (plant and berry)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im or -in, ablative singular in -ī).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | capparis | capparēs |
| genitive | capparis | capparium |
| dative | capparī | capparibus |
| accusative | capparim capparin |
capparēs capparīs |
| ablative | capparī | capparibus |
| vocative | capparis | capparēs |
Descendants
- Italo-Romance:
- Gallo-Italic:
- Ligurian: tàpano, tapano
- Piedmontese: tàpari
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References
- “capparis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "capparis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- capparis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.