capraricius

Latin

Etymology

From capra (goat) +‎ -āricius. Attested as a feminine in the Capitulare de villis.[1]

Adjective

caprāricius (feminine caprāricia, neuter caprāricium); first/second-declension adjective (Early Medieval Latin)

  1. pertaining to a goat

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative caprāricius caprāricia caprāricium caprāriciī caprāriciae caprāricia
genitive caprāriciī caprāriciae caprāriciī caprāriciōrum caprāriciārum caprāriciōrum
dative caprāriciō caprāriciae caprāriciō caprāriciīs
accusative caprāricium caprāriciam caprāricium caprāriciōs caprāriciās caprāricia
ablative caprāriciō caprāriciā caprāriciō caprāriciīs
vocative caprāricie caprāricia caprāricium caprāriciī caprāriciae caprāricia

Descendants

  • Balkan Romance:
    • Aromanian: cãpãrleatsã, cãpãrleadzã
    • Romanian: căprăreață
  • Italo-Western Romance:
    • Galician: Cabrariza (place name)
    • Italian: caprareccia, Caprereccia
    • Old French: chevrerez, Quievreleche (Picard)
      • Picard: Equiverlesse
    • Old Occitan: cabrarez, cabrareza
    • Spanish: cabrerizo, cabreriza

References

  • Thomas, Antoine. 1903. Le suffixe -aricius en français et en provençal. Romania 32. 185, 189, 192, 194.
  1. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “capraritia”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 137